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

When the cistern is scientifically constructed the supply pipe and escape pipe correspond in capacity, so that the water may be drawn off as fast as supplied, and none be wasted by overflow.

From Equality by Bellamy, Edward

Gas released in this way passes into the escape pipe just described.

From Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Electric, Forge and Thermit Welding together with related methods and materials used in metal working and the oxygen process for removal of carbon by Manly, Harold P. (Harold Phillips)

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

From The Golden Rock by Glanville, Ernest