pipe rack

¹ American  

noun

1. a usually wheeled rack of metal piping on which to hang clothing, as in a store.

2. a small rack, usually of wood, for holding a smoker's pipes.

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pipe-rack ² American  

[pahyp-rak] / ˈpaɪpˌræk /

adjective

Informal.

1. offering services or goods at low cost because of avoidance of expensive interior decoration, as by displaying clothing for sale on plain pipe racks.

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Etymology

Origin of pipe-rack

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

There are pipe rack simulators that allow students to learn how to weld in different situations, including from a high place and in a small, confined space.

From Washington Times

A carved wooden mermaid holding a pipe rack.

From Literature

Shoppers ambled through the cavernous space, plucking leather jackets from pipe racks.

From New York Times

The pipe rack was originally a wrought-iron frame upon which dirty clay pipes were stoved in a brick oven and restored to their original freshness.

From Project Gutenberg

Some dozen or more of pipe racks held the young collegian's famous collection of pipes that told the history of smoking from the introduction during the reign of Elizabeth, down to the present day.

From Project Gutenberg