| 单词 | fallpipe |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfallpipe fallpipe n. any pipe through which water or other liquid falls; spec. (a) a pipe conveying rainwater from a roof, etc., to the ground, a downpipe; (b) the drive pipe of a water ram (now rare). ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > downpipe(s) roan1383 rone1750 fallpipe1846 downpipe1849 downspout1850 rainwater goods1897 1846 Artizan Nov. 231/2 Closing plates, forming gutters to carry off the water, are to be fitted..and rain water fall-pipes..are to be supplied. 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 28/2 A cock l in the fall pipe k is closed or opened as the alternating to be described requires. 1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. 134 Fall pipe, a drive pipe. 1902 C. J. C. Hyne Thompson's Progr. (1903) ii. 57 He crept back again, and found against the wall a fall-pipe by which he could climb up to the level of the meeting-room. 1983 D. S. Azbel & N. P. Cheremisinoff Fluid Mech. & Unit Operations vi. 390 These factors can be expressed as the ratio of the length of the fall pipe to the height of the fall. 2016 Yorks. Evening Post (Nexis) 8 Mar. They..saw the suspect shinning down a fallpipe, jumping the last 12ft to the ground. < as lemmas |
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