Meanings
plural gas mains
- The conduit through which coal gas or natural gas is conveyed to users.
Elsewhere, utility diversion works are still scheduled to continue, with work to move a gas main on Drummond Street set to begin in early 2025.
2025 February 19, Chris Howe, “Euston: a work in progress”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 461 more example
This imposing structure, which not only carries the single track branch line but also the gas main supplying the Forest of Dean area, cost £200,000 when it was built in 1879, and at its highest point is 70ft above the high-water mark.
1961 January, “Talking of Trains: The Severn Bridge disaster”, in Trains Illustrated, page 5
Translations
Bulgarian газопровод
- газопровод (gazoprovod)Translations
Finnish pääkaasuputki, kaasuputki
- pääkaasuputkiTranslations
- kaasuputkiTranslations
French conduite de gaz
- conduite de gazTranslations
German Hauptgasleitung
- HauptgasleitungTranslations
Polish gazociąg
- gazociągTranslations
Cite this entry
gas main. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gas%20main
“gas main.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gas%20main. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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