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Definition of Soil pipe
1. Noun. Drain that conveys liquid waste from toilets, etc..
Definition of Soil pipe
1. Noun. A pipe that carries off liquid wastes from a toilet ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soil Pipe
Literary usage of Soil pipe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"But to connect a water-closet soil- pipe with sinks and basins in other apartments
is to multiply possibilities for the spread of disease within the house, ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1885)
"For example, if a water-closet on an upper floor ig discharged, its contents, in
passing downward, fill the soil-pipe like the ..."
3. Annual Report by Indiana State Board of Health (1887)
"one line of soil pipe, at the northwest corner of the dome, twenty (20) water-closets
and twelve (12) urinals, all vented by this two-inch pipe, ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The soil-pipe is ventilated by a current of air which (usually if not always)
flows upwards. This not only dilutes any gases that are produced in the pipe, ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly (1889)
"If the soil-pipe must be carried beneath the floor of the cellar or basement ...
Every joint in a soil-pipe should be so made that it will not leak when the ..."
6. The Century by Bim Sherman (1885)
"The fear has sometimes been felt that sand- holes and slight imperfections in
cast-iron soil-pipe may lead to the permanent injury of the work. ..."
7. A Text-book of Hygiene: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Principles and by George Henry Rohé (1884)
"The diameter of the soil-pipe at its free upper end should not be narrowed ; in
fact, according to Col. Geo. E. Waring, the up-draught is rendered more ..."
8. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1906)
"Standard cast-iron soil pipe may be cut by first filing a groove around it ...
When a soil pipe is to be cut to fit, a length of double-hub pipe should be ..."
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