Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any tube for charging a chamber or tank with a fluid under pressure; specifically, a tube for charging an air-chamber on a pump with air.
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Examples
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When everything was declared ready, Jack opened the charging-tube of the gas reservoir and poured in some of the volatile powder that made the lifting vapor.
The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone Richard Bonner
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