tundish
noun/ˈtʌn.dɪʃ/
Etymology From tun + dish.
1
A kind of funnel used in brewing fitting into the bung-hole of a tun or cask.
- For filling a bottle with a Tunne-dish.1623, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, page iii. i. 431:
- That? said Stephen. Is that called a funnel? Is it not a tundish?1916, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, page 368:
2
A funnel used in smelting, foundry work etc.
3
A funnel used to create a siphonic break in a drainage system and/or provide visual indication of flow, usually in an overflow line.