dripstick

Questions

What does dripstick mean?

A thin hollow tube installed vertically in the bottoms of fuel tanks of many large aircraft, used to check fuel levels; now mostly superseded by the floatstick.

Where does dripstick come from?

From drip + stick.

How to pronounce dripstick

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