Meanings
nounsteam pipe (plural steam pipes)
plural steam pipes
- alternativeAlternative form of steampipe.
Each coach is insulated by a four-inch thickness of fibreglass and heated by two overhead 2 in. steam pipes, while all external doors close into rubber draught excluders.
1959 December, “New TPOs for the Western Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 581
Synonyms & antonyms
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