'Shunt valve' definitions:

Definition of 'Shunt valve'

From: GCIDE
  • Shunt valve \Shunt valve\ (Mach.) A valve permitting a fluid under pressure an easier avenue of escape than normally; specif., a valve, actuated by the governor, used in one system of marine-engine governing to connect both ends of the low-pressure cylinder as a supplementary control. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]