carburettor

Etymology

noun

1. (automotive, Australia, New Zealand, UK) Alternative spelling of carburetor (“device in an internal combustion engine”)
   Both affect the performance of the machine, especially the carburettors, and both are important to the final appearance of the model. 2005, Mick Walker, How to Restore Your BMW Twin 1955-1985, page 92
   In a carburettor the pressure drop (or viewed another way, suction) is used to draw fuel out of a reservoir, usually via a jet, and into the venturi to mix with the air flowing through it. 2008, Daniel Stapleton, David Vizard, John Sprinzel, The MG Midget & Austin Healey Sprite High Performance Manual, page 36
   For a large part of the twentieth century the majority of light vehicles used petrol engines that were equipped with a carburettor. 2011, Allan Bonnick, A Practical Approach to Motor Vehicle Engineering and Maintenance, page 81