1864 2 July 10/3 I claim a pipe vise so constructed as to open to permit the entrance and removal of the pipe in a direction perpendicular to its axis.
1986 F. Guillou & C. Gray in A. Limon et al. (ed. 2) v. ii. 711 The conduit system means the use of a considerable number of special tools such as dies, bending machines, pipe vices, and..saws.