stopcock

Noun

 * 1) A valve, tap or faucet which regulates the flow of liquid or gas through a pipe.
 * 2)  A main  for water to a home from a municipal supply. Usually these valves exist in pairs, one outside the property boundary and one inside the property boundary.
 * If you have a burst pipe, turn the water off at the stopcock.

Translations

 * Arabic: مِحْبَس
 * Bulgarian: спирателен кран
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: sulkuventtiili, sulkuhana
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Italian: rubinetto di arresto
 * Japanese: 元栓
 * Maori: katirere, katiwai
 * Spanish: llave de cierre
 * Thai:


 * Finnish: pääventtiili
 * French:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: stoppekran
 * Nynorsk: stoppekran
 * Portuguese: torneira de segurança

Verb

 * 1)  To control the gas pressure in (an oil well) by keeping the well closed in and the gas confined except during set intervals when the oil is flowed or pumped.