| 单词 | petticoat pipe |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspetticoat pipe petticoat pipe n. see sense 6a. petticoat pipe a. Railways. In full petticoat pipe. A bell-mouthed or tapering pipe (sometimes one of a number) fitted between the blastpipe and the chimney of a steam locomotive, into which the exhaust steam enters and which serves to strengthen and equalize the draught through the boiler tubes. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > locomotive > steam locomotive > chimney of > part of bonnet1846 petticoat pipe1858 sparker1864 1858 Sci. Amer. 16 Oct. 42/4 I claim the combination of the petticoat pipe, the surrounding wire net work and the smoke pipe, whereby [etc.]. 1878 Engineer 46 57/3 A good modification of the well-known American petticoat pipe. 1988 D. Huntriss LMS Pacifics 14 The locomotive's petticoat had become detached and dropped on top of the blast pipe, causing a very serious blowback in the cab. 1991 Model Railways Mar. 150/3 Inside the smokebox..were two sets of petticoat and blast pipes. 2000 P. W. B. Semmens & A. J. Goldfinch How Steam Locomotives really Work iii. 79 A blower consists of a ring of holes, either in a tube surrounding the blastpipe, or in the petticoat, which discharge jets of steam up the chimney. < as lemmas |
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