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Definition of Sprinkler
1. Noun. Mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or garden.
Definition of Sprinkler
1. n. One who sprinkles.
Definition of Sprinkler
1. Noun. Anything that sprinkles. ¹
2. Noun. An irrigation device that sprays water into the air whilst moving back and forth. ¹
3. Noun. A fire sprinkler; a heat actived fire extinguisher. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sprinkler
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sprinkler
Literary usage of Sprinkler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Modern Factory: Safety, Sanitation and Welfare by George Moses Price (1914)
"sprinkler Head. Courtesy JK Freitag. 'Fire Prevention and Fire Protection. ...
building under the ceilings, and especially the kind of sprinkler heads used. ..."
2. Journal by Chartered Insurance Institute (1908)
"An Automatic sprinkler is a mechanical device for the extinction of fire without
... It is indispensable that every ordinary sprinkler installation must be ..."
3. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"sprinkler Tanks.—For the highest grade service, two types of tanks are used
jointly —a pressure tank and a gravity tank. The pressure tank provides the high ..."
4. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"sprinkler Tanks.—For the highest grade service, two types of tanks are used
jointly —a pressure tank and a gravity tank. The pressure tank provides the high ..."
5. Insurance: Principles and Practices by Robert Riegel, Harry James Loman (1921)
"XXXIX sprinkler LEAKAGE FORM Does insure for the term of from the diy of 19 , at
noon, to the day of 19 , at noon, to an amount not exceeding dollars, ..."
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