stovepipe
Sheet-metal tubing used as a chimney for a stove or furnaceSheet-metal tubing used as a chimney for a stove or furnace.
Meaning
5 sensesSheet-metal tubing used as a chimney for a stove or furnace.
Ofenrohr
chimney consisting of a metal pipe of large diameter that is used to connect a stove to a flue
A channel for information which is compartmentalized in such a manner that some parties who might be interested in its use or able to make use of it are restricted from accessing it.
A stovepipe hat.
A type of malfunction affecting breechloading firearms, where a spent cartridge casing fails to eject completely, instead becoming stuck in the firearm's ejection port, usually oriented vertically or nearly so.
(slang)A trench mortar such as the Stokes mortar.
Translations
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Origin
From stove + pipe. The firearms sense is due to the trapped cartridge case resembling a stFrom stove + pipe. The firearms sense is due to the trapped cartridge case resembling a stovepipe of the stove sense.
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