drencher

Meaning

  1. One who, or that which, drenches.
  2. A fire prevention device, like a sprinkler but ejecting a denser curtain of water and sometimes mounted on the outside of a building to prevent the spread of fire from those nearby.

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Etymology

In summary

From Middle English *drencher (found in the Surname Drencher), equivalent to drench + -er.

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