drinking fountain

a water fountain that ejects a jet of water for drinking without a cup.

Origin of drinking fountain

First recorded in 1855–60

This is merely a spring-house covering the artesian well that supplies the drinking-fountain in the village.

Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney |Geraldine Edith Mitton
Michael wandered along to a drinking-fountain to which, access had often been forbidden.

Sinister Street, vol. 1 |Compton Mackenzie
A death is a sort of drinking-fountain for an unimagined crowd of thirsty mortals.

Cousin Pons |Honore de Balzac
The monument, in the street without, is in the form of a drinking-fountain, with a statue of the little dog on the top.

Our Little Scotch Cousin |Blanche McManus

In some places a drinking-fountain stands where once the cross stood.

Social Life in England Through the Centuries |H. R. Wilton Hall

drinking fountain

a device for providing a flow or jet of drinking water, usually in public places