a main pipe for supplying gas to buildings; cf. main, n.1 8.
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释义 | society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > gas or types of gas > [noun] > storage of gas > fittings (5) gas main1819 a main pipe for supplying gas to buildings; cf. main, n.1 8. gas fitting1821 Chiefly in plural. The pipes, brackets, and other apparatus needed to supply gas to a building. exhauster1841 In Gas-making: (see quot. 1859). bypass1848 A secondary pipe issuing from the main or service pipe below a stop-tap or cock, allowing the free passage of a small supply of gas, steam, etc… gas line1879 Originally U.S. A pipeline or pipe that carries gas of any kind (as natural gas, waste gas, or fuel gas); a gas main. |
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