steampipe

American  

[steem-pahyp] / ˈstimˌpaɪp /

noun

1. a pipe for conveying steam from a boiler.

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Etymology

Origin of steampipe

First recorded in 1855–60; steam + pipe ¹

Example Sentences

RockPaperShotgun reports that the issue first seems to have cropped up in 2014, when Valve moved its games into its new SteamPipe content distribution system.

From The Verge

The real meat of the show is in the institute’s new galleries, where pieces from James’s workroom, from forms to a bent steampipe that served as a design inspiration, are on view.

From New York Times

There were steampipe collars to unbolt and pack, and bolt again, before that was done; while when Austin came upon Jefferson, he held up one hand from which the scalded skin was peeling.

From Project Gutenberg

The Hydra was much larger than the old Venom, had fine open decks, and tall, raking masts, with a low, wide funnel of jet, up which went the crimson copper steampipe.

From Project Gutenberg

In the reconstruction drawings, these hatchways as well as the other deck openings and deck fittings—such as bilge pumps, companionways, skylights, binnacles, wheels and wheel-rope trunks, cable trunks, steampipe casings, and stack fiddleys—have been located in an effort to meet the imagined requirements of the working of a ship of this unusual form.

From Project Gutenberg