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petticoat pipe

petticoat pipe noun: a short, flaring pipe surrounding the blast nozzle in the smokebox of a locomotive, to equalize the draft.

Noun

petticoat pipe (plural petticoat pipes)

  1. A short, flaring pipe surrounding the blast nozzle in the smokebox of a locomotive, to equalize the draft.
    • The ordinary blast-nozzle and petticoat pipe properly proportioned for any British locomotive can make it produce 30 d.b.h.p./sq ft of grate continuously with a blast-pipe pressure 4 lb/sq in. above atmospheric pressure.1962 February, “Letters to the Editor: The Giesel oblong ejector”, in Modern Railways, page 143, letter from W. A. Tuplin

Forms of petticoat pipe

pluralpetticoat pipes

Questions about petticoat pipe

What does petticoat pipe mean?
Petticoat pipe means a short, flaring pipe surrounding the blast nozzle in the smokebox of a locomotive, to equalize the draft.
What part of speech is petticoat pipe?
Petticoat pipe is a noun.
What is the plural of petticoat pipe?
The plural of petticoat pipe is petticoat pipes.

Words near petticoat pipe in the dictionary

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  2. Petticoat Creek
  3. petticoat discipline
  4. petticoat government
  5. petticoat governments
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  8. petticoat punishment
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