Penstaff

{
  "id": "MLC-T-IND-004220",
  "term": "Penstaff",
  "field": "Industrial and trades",
  "definition": "An upright wooden plug fitted in the central drain hole of a large mash tun in older country-house brewing, also called a tapstaff, capstaff or mash staff. A timber lever overhead lifted the plug, and a sieve fitted around its base held back the grains while the wort ran out of the tun. Its end was tapered so the flow could be set from a thread to the full width of an inch tube.",
  "synonyms": [
    "tapstaff"
  ],
  "subject": "Manufacturing",
  "translations": {
    "de": "Abzugsstöpsel",
    "es": "tapón de cuba",
    "fr": "bonde de cuve"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/industrial/penstaff/"
}