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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

sleeve′ valve′,

Mechanical Engineeringan intake or exhaust valve for an engine, consisting of one or more sleeves reciprocating within a cylinder, so that ports in the cylinder and in the sleeves are opposed at regular intervals to open the valve.

1910–15

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