escape pipe

British  

noun

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

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escape pipe

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

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)

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

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