Meanings
nounpipe line (plural pipe lines)
plural pipe lines
- alternativeAlternative form of pipeline.
An inner floor over the whole area of the deck provides a space for all the cable and pipe runs. On one side the cables are cleated into a duct which is sealed against the ingress of water and oil; the pipe lines run underneath the opposite side floor.
1960 April 29, “Type "3" Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Southern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 239
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