pipagen.
/ˈpʌɪpɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈpaɪpɪdʒ/ The conveyance or distribution of water, gas, oil, etc., by means of pipes; the construction or laying down of pipes for this purpose; such pipes collectively. Also: a charge made for the use of pipes or a pipeline.
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society > occupation and work > industry > conducting of water, etc., by channels or pipes > plumbing and pipework > [noun] > laying or building pipes or channels
pipage1612
pipe-laying1823
fluming1851
pipe fitting1858
pipelay1974
society > occupation and work > industry > conducting of water, etc., by channels or pipes > [noun]
conduit1555
hydragogy1570
leading1570
derivation1607
conductiona1613
conduct1847
pipage1883
leading1890
pipelining1942
1612 S. Sturtevant Metallica xiii. 92 Pipeage is..the making of earthen pipes, for the conducting..of fresh waters, for the..vse of houses.
1612 S. Sturtevant Metallica xiii. 92 Field Pondeage, is a kinde of Pipeage, which..conueigheth..water into seuerall pastures, closes and fields, and..leaueth a pond of water for cattle and beasts to drinke in.
1860 W. B. Adams Let. in Jrnl. Soc. Arts 5 Oct. 782/2 The depth at which the [tramway] sleepers take their bearing will be found..to interfere seriously with the pipage.
1883 Cent. Mag. July 334/1 Paying twenty cents a barrel as the pipage charge, and a storage charge of fifty cents per day per thousand barrels.
1897 W. R. Paterson Tormentor 100 Strange vermin course, much like water-rats, through the veins and pipage of men's lives!
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 624 Percolating through a subterranean aqueduct of..single and double pipeage.
1959 A. R. Daum & H. F. Williamson Amer. Petroleum Industry xvii. 453 United subsequently..raised pipeage from the fields to 25¢ per barrel.
1992 Newsday (N.Y.) (Nexis) 24 Aug. (Nassau & Suffolk ed.) 32 During heavy rains, street debris runs through the pipage of the sewer system.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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