tuyère

French

noun
Definitions
  • An air vent in the masonry of a metallurgic oven
  • The back chamber of a combustion engine where the gas decompresses

Etymology

Inherited from Old French toiere (pipe-hole).

Origin

Old French

toiere

Gloss

pipe-hole

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