drainpipen.

Brit.

/ˈdreɪnpʌɪp/, U.S.

/ˈdreɪnˌpaɪp/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: drain n., pipe n.¹

Etymology: < drain n. + pipe n.¹

1. A pipe by means of which water or other liquid may drain away or off; esp. a pipe fitted to the outer wall of a building and designed to carry rainwater from the roof to a drain or to the ground. Also as mass noun: piping of this sort.

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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > [noun] > sewer > drain-pipe

drainpipe1793

sullage-pipe1907

society > occupation and work > equipment > conveyor > [noun] > conduit, channel, or tube > pipe > to carry off excess liquid

drainpipe1793

draw-off1826

overflow1837

weeper1890

1793 Rep. Comm. Progress Amendm. & Improvem. Navigation Thames & Isis 87 Placing a Cast-Iron Drain Pipe under the River; a Towing Bridge over it, with a Gauge Weir across it.

1804 Chester Chron. 15 June (advt.) On Sale... Ridge and Floor Tiles, Fire Bricks, & Drain Pipes.

1892 J. M. H. Munro Soils & Manures i. 25 What this soil water contains we may see by examining the water running from the drain-pipes of any arable field when no crop is growing on it.

1911 Daily Mail 27 Jan. 8/4 The sort of people who think that if you paint hideous flowers on a piece of drainpipe it becomes an ‘art umbrella-stand’.

1993 Daily Mirror 4 Aug. (Woman Suppl.) 11/2 I was two floors up, so I climbed on to a window ledge and shinned down a drainpipe to the first floor.

2003 J. Darling Taxi Driver's Daughter (2004) 55 The other side of the Vale is where the big houses are, with ivy climbing up the drainpipes.

a. Chiefly slang. Any of various objects likened to drainpipes (sense 1). Somewhat rare except in sense 2b.

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1887 H. Baumann Londinismen 45/1 Drain-pipe, Schülersprache: Makkaroni.

1928 Halifax Daily Courier & Guardian 3 Aug. 6/6 ‘Drain pipes, I said,’ persisted the newcomer. ‘Never heard of drain pipes, missy? Well, macaroni.’

1960 Times 7 Dec. 17/4 (heading) The drainpipe [sc. a kind of golf bag] not to be despised.

b. spec. In plural. Trousers with narrow, tight-fitting legs. Cf. Compounds 2.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > close-fitting

overall1776

pantaloon1798

tights1827

jeans1843

stovepipe1863

strides1889

drainpipe1950

Capri pants1956

toreador pants1956

yoga pants1973

leggings1977

1950 Strand Mag. Mar. 83/1 ‘Drain-pipes haven't caught on,’ says Eddie. ‘The money won't run to them. We can't wear them for work.’

1999 D. Haslam Manchester, Eng. iv. 95 I went there in a black t-shirt, my first leather jacket, a pair of drainpipes and winkle-pickers.

2011 Daily Tel. 20 July 27/4 Lengthen the silhouette with something slimming like cropped drainpipes, high-waisted white jeans or a midi skirt.

Compounds

C1. As a modifier, denoting objects resembling a drainpipe in shape.

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1903 Daily Chron. 4 Aug. 5/1 Sooner or later those dreadful drain-pipe structures the Charing-cross and Cannon-street bridges will have to be rebuilt.

1915 A. D. Gillespie Let. 17 Sept. in Lett. from Flanders (1916) 304 We have..trench-mortars, drain-pipe mortars, rifle grenades, and..every kind of shell.

1960 Times 7 Dec. 17/5 What matters is..to show them that a ‘drainpipe’ [golf] bag with a few clubs is not to be despised.

2000 N.Y. Times 13 Oct. b11/3 Some of the rounded, Edwardian shoulders, exaggerated by narrow drainpipe sleeves and mean wasp waists, did scream of ‘trying too hard’.

C2. spec. Designating trousers with narrow, tight-fitting legs, as in drainpipe jeans, drainpipe trousers, etc.Compare the similar use of rain-pipe in quot. 1905, apparently an isolated example.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [adjective] > trousers > types of

un-codpieced1580

canioned1607

braceless1859

bell-bottom1882

broad-beamed1883

kneed1887

bell-bottomed1891

fall-front1899

stagged1902

pegged1905

pedal pusher1912

pipestem1915

drainpipe1930

chino1943

anti-g1945

low-rise1948

cuffless1957

low-riding1958

hip-hugging1968

plus twos1977

1905 G. B. Shaw in Daily Mail 27 Feb. 3/5 The shiny white tubes on the wrist, the shiny black cylinder on the head,..the shiny black boot, the rain-pipe trouser leg, the japanned zinc sleeve—that is your fashionably-dressed man.]

1930 Derby Daily Tel. 7 Aug. 4/5 It is more likely that he is envied for his cool shorts and bare knees by those of us for whom convention demands the usual ‘drain pipe leg coverings’.

1931 Nash's Pall Mall Mag. Mar. 64 Mrs. Bolton could see their feet in brown shoes and huge black shoes advancing towards her on the end of dark, straight, drain-pipe trousers.

1954 Newsweek 17 May 47/1 They are the Edwardians—the dead-end kids of London. The Edwardians take their name from the costume that is, with variations, their uniform... Tightly buttoned, knee-length ‘Milord’ coat with soft, black-velvet collar; double-breasted, pearl-gray waistcoat; and tight, drainpipe trousers.

1983 P. Manning How to be a Wally 28 Then comes the purely practical problem of how to insinuate your legs into those festering drainpipe jeans without causing them to disintegrate altogether.

2004 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 6 Nov. l9/2 In one corner is a rocker's uniform of long jacket and drainpipe trousers.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).

单词	drainpipe
释义	drainpipen. Brit. /ˈdreɪnpʌɪp/, U.S. /ˈdreɪnˌpaɪp/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: drain n., pipe n.¹ Etymology: < drain n. + pipe n.¹ 1. A pipe by means of which water or other liquid may drain away or off; esp. a pipe fitted to the outer wall of a building and designed to carry rainwater from the roof to a drain or to the ground. Also as mass noun: piping of this sort. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > [noun] > sewer > drain-pipe drainpipe1793 sullage-pipe1907 society > occupation and work > equipment > conveyor > [noun] > conduit, channel, or tube > pipe > to carry off excess liquid drainpipe1793 draw-off1826 overflow1837 weeper1890 1793 Rep. Comm. Progress Amendm. & Improvem. Navigation Thames & Isis 87 Placing a Cast-Iron Drain Pipe under the River; a Towing Bridge over it, with a Gauge Weir across it. 1804 Chester Chron. 15 June (advt.) On Sale... Ridge and Floor Tiles, Fire Bricks, & Drain Pipes. 1892 J. M. H. Munro Soils & Manures i. 25 What this soil water contains we may see by examining the water running from the drain-pipes of any arable field when no crop is growing on it. 1911 Daily Mail 27 Jan. 8/4 The sort of people who think that if you paint hideous flowers on a piece of drainpipe it becomes an ‘art umbrella-stand’. 1993 Daily Mirror 4 Aug. (Woman Suppl.) 11/2 I was two floors up, so I climbed on to a window ledge and shinned down a drainpipe to the first floor. 2003 J. Darling Taxi Driver's Daughter (2004) 55 The other side of the Vale is where the big houses are, with ivy climbing up the drainpipes. 2. a. Chiefly slang. Any of various objects likened to drainpipes (sense 1). Somewhat rare except in sense 2b. ΚΠ 1887 H. Baumann Londinismen 45/1 Drain-pipe, Schülersprache: Makkaroni. 1928 Halifax Daily Courier & Guardian 3 Aug. 6/6 ‘Drain pipes, I said,’ persisted the newcomer. ‘Never heard of drain pipes, missy? Well, macaroni.’ 1960 Times 7 Dec. 17/4 (heading) The drainpipe [sc. a kind of golf bag] not to be despised. b. spec. In plural. Trousers with narrow, tight-fitting legs. Cf. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > close-fitting overall1776 pantaloon1798 tights1827 jeans1843 stovepipe1863 strides1889 drainpipe1950 Capri pants1956 toreador pants1956 yoga pants1973 leggings1977 1950 Strand Mag. Mar. 83/1 ‘Drain-pipes haven't caught on,’ says Eddie. ‘The money won't run to them. We can't wear them for work.’ 1999 D. Haslam Manchester, Eng. iv. 95 I went there in a black t-shirt, my first leather jacket, a pair of drainpipes and winkle-pickers. 2011 Daily Tel. 20 July 27/4 Lengthen the silhouette with something slimming like cropped drainpipes, high-waisted white jeans or a midi skirt. Compounds C1. As a modifier, denoting objects resembling a drainpipe in shape. ΚΠ 1903 Daily Chron. 4 Aug. 5/1 Sooner or later those dreadful drain-pipe structures the Charing-cross and Cannon-street bridges will have to be rebuilt. 1915 A. D. Gillespie Let. 17 Sept. in Lett. from Flanders (1916) 304 We have..trench-mortars, drain-pipe mortars, rifle grenades, and..every kind of shell. 1960 Times 7 Dec. 17/5 What matters is..to show them that a ‘drainpipe’ [golf] bag with a few clubs is not to be despised. 2000 N.Y. Times 13 Oct. b11/3 Some of the rounded, Edwardian shoulders, exaggerated by narrow drainpipe sleeves and mean wasp waists, did scream of ‘trying too hard’. C2. spec. Designating trousers with narrow, tight-fitting legs, as in drainpipe jeans, drainpipe trousers, etc.Compare the similar use of rain-pipe in quot. 1905, apparently an isolated example. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [adjective] > trousers > types of un-codpieced1580 canioned1607 braceless1859 bell-bottom1882 broad-beamed1883 kneed1887 bell-bottomed1891 fall-front1899 stagged1902 pegged1905 pedal pusher1912 pipestem1915 drainpipe1930 chino1943 anti-g1945 low-rise1948 cuffless1957 low-riding1958 hip-hugging1968 plus twos1977 1905 G. B. Shaw in Daily Mail 27 Feb. 3/5 The shiny white tubes on the wrist, the shiny black cylinder on the head,..the shiny black boot, the rain-pipe trouser leg, the japanned zinc sleeve—that is your fashionably-dressed man.] 1930 Derby Daily Tel. 7 Aug. 4/5 It is more likely that he is envied for his cool shorts and bare knees by those of us for whom convention demands the usual ‘drain pipe leg coverings’. 1931 Nash's Pall Mall Mag. Mar. 64 Mrs. Bolton could see their feet in brown shoes and huge black shoes advancing towards her on the end of dark, straight, drain-pipe trousers. 1954 Newsweek 17 May 47/1 They are the Edwardians—the dead-end kids of London. The Edwardians take their name from the costume that is, with variations, their uniform... Tightly buttoned, knee-length ‘Milord’ coat with soft, black-velvet collar; double-breasted, pearl-gray waistcoat; and tight, drainpipe trousers. 1983 P. Manning How to be a Wally 28 Then comes the purely practical problem of how to insinuate your legs into those festering drainpipe jeans without causing them to disintegrate altogether. 2004 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 6 Nov. l9/2 In one corner is a rocker's uniform of long jacket and drainpipe trousers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < n.1793
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