grommet

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Spout of a watering can and shower mouthpiece

A spout is used to describe both

  • the spout of a jug or its beak-shaped spout that forms a separate opening,
  • as well as the tubular part of a tool in which a handle can be attached.

In many cases, the words spout and nozzle can be used interchangeably .

Word origin

The word goes back to Middle High German tülle and Old High German tulli as a designation for the extension of arrowheads or spearheads into which the shaft is inserted. Tülle (also Dülle or Dölle ) also denotes the extension of other metal parts into which the handle or handle was inserted, for example shovels or forks . Later the meaning expanded to short tubes, mostly as discharge pipes.

Spout as a spout

Hose nozzle ( olive ) on a laboratory valve made of glass

The spout is used as a spout on jugs and jugs to pour out the contents of a teapot or watering can in a targeted manner.

The hose nozzle is a special form . It describes a pipe socket on which a hose can be attached with a hose clamp. If it is a branched pipe socket on which two hoses can be attached, this is called a double hose nozzle . Another shape is the piping nozzle, which is used with piping bags .

In chemical laboratory requirements, hose nozzles with a thickening are also known as olives due to their shape .

Grommets on tools and weapons

In the case of tools and weapons, in contrast to the house, the socket is not forged, but rolled from a sheet. A handle or shaft is inserted into the spout. For example, arrowheads with a spout are placed on the arrow, or in the case of hand tools such as a hoe , karst or krail, the handle is inserted into the spout.

In the Early Bronze Age , the first bronze ax was attached to the shaft with a socket. But as early as the Stone Age , antlers and stones were hollowed out so that longer stems could be inserted, for example in the case of a spout ax. In the case of weapons, the socket is common on lances , partisans and spears as well as some arrowheads .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b spout on duden.de
  2. ↑ spout. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . 16 volumes in 32 sub-volumes, 1854–1960. S. Hirzel, Leipzig ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).
  3. ↑ Philipp Kurz, Norbert Stock: Synthetic Inorganic Chemistry, Basic Course , Walter de Gruyter, 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-025875-2 , p. 8 ( Google Books ).
  4. ↑ Tüllencelt. In: Reinhard Welz: The great book of styles: prehistory, Egypt, Greece, Rome, pre-Christian-Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic. Alfons Welz, Volume 1. Vermittler Verlag eK, 2005.
  5. ↑ Grommet. In: Emil Hoffmann: Secrets of the Stone Age with a view to human evolution. Accompanying volume for the exhibition in Lampertheim, from the Emil Hoffmann collection, BoD 2011.
  6. ↑ spout. In: Luckhardt: History of Arms. Proven and explained through the cultural development of the peoples and description of their weapons from all times . Volume 1. 1870.