单词 | pipe stop |
释义 | pipe stopn. 1. A plug in a pipe joint. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > conducting of water, etc., by channels or pipes > plumbing and pipework > [noun] > specific joints > part of spigot1797 muff1875 pipe stopa1884 welt1888 overcloak1896 a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 684/2 Pipe Stop, a spigot in a pipe. 1943 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 10 July 3/1 Running thence to a gas pipe stop. 1984 J. Worthington & D. Knight Home Plumbing 48/2 Slip fittings..do not have a pipe stop. 2. Music. A type of organ stop; = flue-stop n. at flue n.3 Compounds 2. Cf. reed stop n. at reed n.1 Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > organ > [noun] > stop > other stops twenty-secondc1700 vox humana1708 chorus1776 decima1825 glockenspiel1825 unison stop1830 montre1876 pyramidon1876 harmonic stop1880 orage1891 pipe stop1906 1906 N.E.D. at Pipe sb.1 Pipe-stop, an organ-stop composed of mouth-pipes. 2000 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 27 July g1/1 A low-end pipe stop costs anywhere from $10,000 to $30,000. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1884 |
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