dripstick

English

Etymology

From drip +‎ stick.

Noun

dripstick (plural dripsticks)

  1. (aviation) 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tube installed vertically in the bottoms of fuel tanks of many large aircraft, used to check fuel levels; now mostly superseded by the floatstick.
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