A device that controls the flow of water from a pipe, typically found in kitchens and bathrooms.
From Old French 'fausset' meaning a bung or stopper for a wine cask. Medieval French wine merchants needed a way to tap their barrels without losing the precious contents, so they invented these wooden plugs with spouts. The word literally meant 'to make false' because you were creating a false bottom in the barrel!
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