pipemaking

alternative pipe-making

1. The craft or industry of producing pipes.
   1. uncountableThe craft or industry of producing tobacco pipes, or similar implements used for smoking.

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      Iron took the stone home and boiled it for a short time to soften it. He worked at his pipemaking for short, intermittent periods, sometimes laying the work aside for several days before returning to it. Before each work session he boiled the stone. He drilled the bowl and the stem hole before shaping the outside with a file.

      1963, John Canfield Ewers, Blackfoot Indian Pipes and Pipemaking, page 52

   2. uncountableThe craft or industry of producing bagpipes, or similar wind instruments.

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      ... [Edward] "Ned" White, popularly known as the "Dandy Piper", started a pipemaking shop at Roxbury, Mass., a suburb of Boston. Of course, reedmaking and repairs were most in demand, but White turned out quite a number of new sets during his time, of which it can be said that the tones of his drones, if equaled, were never surpassed by those of any pipemaker known to Americans.

      1913, Francis O'Neill, Irish Minstrels and Musicians: With Numerous Dissertations on Related Subjects, page 160