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Definition of Stovepipe
1. Noun. Chimney consisting of a metal pipe of large diameter that is used to connect a stove to a flue.
2. Noun. A man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur.
Generic synonyms: Chapeau, Hat, Lid, Man's Clothing
Definition of Stovepipe
1. n. Pipe made of sheet iron in length and angular or curved pieces fitting together, -- used to connect a portable stove with a chimney flue.
Definition of Stovepipe
1. Noun. Sheet-metal tubing used as a chimney for a stove or furnace. ¹
2. Noun. A channel for body of information which is compartmentalized in such a manner that some parties which might be interested in its use or be able to utilize it are restricted from access to it. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stovepipe
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stovepipe
Literary usage of Stovepipe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Long Island Sources: Reports, Resolutions, Authorizations, Surveys and by New York (N.Y.). Board of Water Supply, Charles Strauss, Jonas Waldo Smith (1912)
"CALIFORNIA stovepipe WELLS With the amount of iron that exist:; on Long Island
and the readiness with which it precipitate:;, it is quite likely in the ..."
2. Long Island Sources: Reports, Resolutions, Authorizations, Surveys and by New York (N.Y.). Board of Water Supply, Charles Strauss, Jonas Waldo Smith (1912)
"APPENDIX 5 DESIGN OF WELL SYSTEM BY WALTER E. SPEAR, DIVISION ENGINEER The
California stovepipe well gave early promise of being the type best adapted for ..."
3. The Mimic World and Public Exhibitions: Their History, Their Morals, and Effects by Olive Logan (1871)
"Fa,iries in Thick Boots and Demons in stovepipe Hats.—The World Upside down.—How
to make a Crowd of Democrats Yell.—The Rehearsal a School. ..."
4. Nautical Lays of a Landsman by Wallace Irwin (1904)
"THE SAILOR'S stovepipe The crew of us, a few of us, was up on deck a- dancin' of
Two steps and new steps with light fantastic toe, When Closon, the bos'n, ..."
5. The Mimic World and Public Exhibitions: Their History, Their Morals, and Effects by Olive Logan (1871)
"Fairies in Thick Boots and Demons in stovepipe Hats.—The World Upside down.—How
to muke a Crowd of Democrats Yell.—The Rehearsal a School. ..."
6. Army Life of an Illinois Soldier: Including a Day by Day Record of Sherman's by Charles Wright Wills (1906)
"They hitched 20 mules to a wagon and filled it with a tin pan and stovepipe band,
and then followed it in 6o-mule wagon around the camp and serenaded all ..."
7. A History of the First Regiment Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteers, from Its by Charles H. Lothrop (1890)
"At night. however. in retaliation. they found an axle and wheels of an old wagon.
and mounting an old piece of stovepipe upon it placed it in front of the ..."
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