drencher

English

noun
Definitions
  • One who, or that which, drenches.
  • A fire prevention device, like a sprinkler but ejecting a denser curtain of water and sometimes mounted on the outside of a building to prevent the spread of fire from those nearby.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *drencher suffix from English drench.

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English

drench

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