Meaning

1 senses
  1. A pipe forming part of the exhaust system of a steam locomotive that discharges exhaust steam from the cylinders up into the smokebox beneath the chimney in order to increase the draught through the firebox; this speeds up the release of smoke through the chimney.

    Blasrohr

    ко́нусkónus, ко́нусное устро́йствоkónusnoje ustrójstvo

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
pipe forming part of the exhaust system of a steam locomotive that discharges exhaust steam from the cylinders up into the smokebox beneath the chimney in order to increase the draught through the firebox:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
pipe forming part of the exhaust system of a steam locomotive that discharges exhaust steam from the cylinders up into the smokebox beneath the chimney in order to increase the draught through the firebox:

Origin

From blast (“forcible stream of gas, etc., from an orifice; exhaust steam from an engine”)

From blast (“forcible stream of gas, etc., from an orifice; exhaust steam from an engine”) + pipe.

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