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Bib (bibcock, and hose bib or hosebibb), usually a freeze-resistant version of a "spigot". Wall hydrant , same as "hosebibb". Tap generally refers to a keg or barrel tap , though also commonly refers to a faucet that supplies either hot or cold water and not both.
bibb, bibcock, hose bib; Bibb, a variety of butterhead lettuce; Bibb Correctional Facility, a state men's prison in Brent, Alabama; Bibb County High School, Centreville, Alabama; Bibb Manufacturing Company, a defunct American textile company
A coiled garden hose. A garden hose, hosepipe, or simply hose is a flexible tube used to convey water. There are a number of common attachments available for the end of the hose, such as sprayers and sprinklers (which are used to concentrate water at one point or to spread it over a large area). Hoses are usually attached to a hose spigot or tap.
An atmospheric vacuum breaker consists of a check valve and an air vent. The devices allow air into the system to prevent a siphon at the point of use. Hose connection vacuum breakers are installed on faucets and hose bibbs to prevent backflow into the water supply.
A water thief is a synthetic rubber fitting that attaches to an unthreaded faucet (American English) / tap (British English) on one end and a common garden hose on the other. It is commonly used to fill fresh water tanks in recreational vehicles when a threaded hose bib is not available.
A hose is a flexible hollow tube or pipe designed to carry fluids from one location to another, often from a faucet or hydrant. [ 1 ] Early hoses were made of leather, although modern hoses are typically made of rubber, canvas, and helically wound wire.
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She became Bibb's second wife in June 1848. [4] [11] The Fugitive Slave Act was passed in 1850, which allowed slaveholders to capture Black former enslaved people and enslave legally free people. With the publication of his narrative and the high-profile position as an anti-slavery lecturer, Henry Bibb was an easy target to be captured. [12]