blastpipe
A pipe forming part of the exhaust system of a steam locomotive that discharges…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.
Meaning
1 sensesA 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 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
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.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.