different between trunnion vs spigot

English

Alternative forms

• trunion

Etymology

From French trognon (“core, stump”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t??n.j?n/
• Rhymes: -?nj?n

Noun

trunnion (plural trunnions)

1. One of the short stubby bearings on either side of a cannon; a gudgeon.
2. A similar rotational bearing comprising a rotating arc or ring sliding in the groove of a stationary arc, used in machinery to allow a workpiece to be moved relative to a fixed tool.
3. A similar rotational bearing used in automotive suspensions.

English

Etymology

From Middle English spigot (“wooden stopper”). Probably ultimately from Latin sp?ca via Old Occitan espiga and one or more dialects of Middle French [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp?.??t/, /?sp?.k?t/
• Homophone: spicket (occasionally)
• Rhymes: -???t, -?k?t

Noun

spigot (plural spigots)

1. A pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask.
2. The plug of a faucet, tap or cock.
3. (Appalachia) A faucet.

Translations

Verb

spigot (third-person singular simple present spigots, present participle spigoting, simple past and past participle spigoted)

1. To block with a spigot.
   • 2002, Phoenix Project: Environmental Impact Statement (page 2-31)

     Once a beach has been formed, spigoting would focus on directing the reclaim water pool toward the reclaim barge pumps.

2. (transitive) To insert (a spigot).
   • 1956, The Automobile Engineer (volume 46, page 118)

     Location of the cylinders is, of course, effected by spigoting their lower ends into the holes in the crankcase. Similarly, the cylinder heads are located by spigoting the upper ends of the cylinders into them.

References

Middle English

Alternative forms

• spegot, spygott, spygot, spygote, spyket, spygotte, speget, spykkett, spygett

Etymology

From dialectal Middle French espigeot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?spi??t/, /?spi??t/

Noun

spigot (plural spigottes)

1. wooden stopper; wooden spigot

Descendants

• English: spigot, spicket

References

• “spigot, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.