He's now exchanged the wrong inner cistern gubbins he got yesterday for the correct ones. |
Behind was a court, which provided light, and a place for a water cistern supplying a communal tap. |
An irregularly shaped cistern is meant to receive varying amounts of water during the operation of the machine. |
The oil reservoir, or font, was mounted on top of the cistern, and the flow of oil into it was controlled by a valve. |
He fled to his cistern to bring back water, but though the fledgling grasped the cup and strove to drink, he could not force it down. |
It is a water-saving device you fit in your toilet cistern so that less water is used for flushing. |