escape pipe

British  

noun

1. a pipe for overflowing water, escaping steam, etc

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Example Sentences

In the waste-yard outside, the steam from the escape pipe, the litter of barrels and old iron, the shining heaps of coals, the ashes everywhere, were shrouded in a veil of mist and rain.

From Hard Times by Dickens, Charles

Then a shower of sparks leaped from the funnel and by the momentary light they gave she saw a white streak, cleanly cut off and slanting downward, at the crown of the escape pipe.

From The Coast of Adventure by Bindloss, Harold

I hoped that the escape pipe of the bath might be a great stone conduit leading to a fish-pond in the garden.

From Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger by Masefield, John

Soon the steam from the escape pipe set up its shrill clamour.

From The Golden Rock by Glanville, Ernest

On the other hand, what may be called a "free vortex" may exist, and is approximated to sometimes when water in a vessel is allowed to run off through an escape pipe at the bottom.

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew