Originally Posted by
LeicaLad
.. this name and this spelling were provided by the person selling me the bike. I looked up the British company, but remain unconvinced it has anything to do with how that term came to be applied to a bike BB shell.
It
doesn't apply to the whole BB shell, not any more than a Presta valve applies to a whole wheel.
Which is a fairly accurate comparison if I may say so myself. The Presta lets air into the tube, the "tecalemit" thingy lets the lube of your choice into the BB internals.