An archaic term for a tube or nozzle, especially one used in fountain displays or water systems; also called an ajutage.
From French 'ajutage' (from 'ajuter,' to fit together). The term entered English through French 17th-century fountain and engineering design. The spelling varies between adjutage and ajutage.
In the era of ornamental gardens and Baroque fountains, adjutages were essential engineering—decorative nozzles that shaped water into specific patterns, and French engineers were the masters of adjutage design.
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