faucet

 
Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːsɪt/

noun

North American
  • a tap.

Origin:

late Middle English (denoting a bung for the vent hole of a cask, or a tap for drawing liquid from a container): from Old French fausset, from Provençal falset, from falsar 'to bore'. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century