单词 | stovepipe |
释义 | stovepipen. 1. Each of the pipes by which hot air is conveyed in a ‘stove’ or hothouse. ΘΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > duct or pipe conveying heat sidewaya1387 caliduct1624 floor-pipe1691 stovepipe1691 trill1707 flue1715 hot-water pipe1744 riser1876 flow-pipe1904 1691 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense (ed. 8) 162 [The plants] as they are placed nearer, or farther from the Noses of the Stove-pipes, enjoy the several Climats and Degrees of Warmth which shall be found most..agreeable to them. 2. A metal pipe attached to a stove to carry off the smoke. ΘΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > devices for heating buildings, rooms, etc. > chimney > flue or shaft tewelc1384 shaftc1450 tunnel1508 shankc1525 chimney-shank1552 flue1582 gullet1672 funnel1688 fire tube1729 vent1756 stalk1821 chimney neck1833 stovepipe1858 1858 D. Lardner Hand-bk. Nat. Philos.: Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, & Heat (new ed.) 273 If a stove pipe be observed ascending through a room, it will be easy to show that [etc.]. 1861 C. Benson in Macmillan's Mag. Feb. 276 He..finally clutched at the stove-pipe to save himself [falling]. 1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 60 It was the sealer Northern Light..With a stovepipe stuck from a starboard port. 1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 61 A stovepipe seen through the closing mist, it shows like a four-inch gun. 1898 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Roden's Corner i. 3 A shop..where ancient pieces of stove-pipe and a few fire-irons are exposed for sale. 3. colloquial or slang. a. (Originally U.S.) A tall hat of cylindrical shape, a ‘top hat’, ‘chimney-pot’. Also stovepipe hat. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > tall > cylindrical > top hat stovepipe1851 bell-topper1858 top hat1881 tile-hat1937 1851 Illustr. London News 27 Sept. 395/2 Every male who wears the present stove-pipe section head-gear. 1857 J. D. Borthwick Three Years in Calif. xxii. 333 Here and there some forlorn individual exhibited himself in a black coat and stove-pipe hat. 1883 F. M. Crawford Dr. Claudius x His servant arrayed him in the purple and stove-pipe of the higher civilization. 1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 429 The brimless black velvet ‘stove-pipe’ hats worn by the girls on Sundays. 1902 J. F. Rusling European Days & Ways 319 Derby and slouch hats, and sack coats, instead of ‘stove~pipes’ and Prince Alberts. b. plural. Trousers. More recently, spec. = drainpipe n. 2b. Also attributive, as stovepipe trousers. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers trouse1678 trousers1681 kicks1699 trousiesa1713 brogues1748 inexpressibles1790 unmentionable1791 et cetera1794 indescribable1794 kickseys1819 ineffables1823 indispensablesa1828 unimaginable1833 pantaloon1834 pants1835 inexplicables1836 never-mention-'ems1836 unwhisperable1837 results1839 sit-down-upons1839 sit-upons1839 unmentionabilities1840 innominablea1843 unutterables1843 trews1847 round-the-houses1857 unprintable1860 stovepipe1863 sit-in-ems1873 reach-me-downs1877 strides1889 rounds1893 long1898 kecks1900 rammies1906 trou1911 pants1970 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and lower body > [noun] > trousers > types of > close-fitting overall1776 pantaloon1798 tights1827 jeans1843 stovepipe1863 strides1889 drainpipe1950 Capri pants1956 toreador pants1956 yoga pants1973 leggings1977 1863 B. Brierley Chrons. Waverlow 147 Their calves were..hidden betwixt the seams of the more modern ‘stove pipes’ (trousers). 1955 T. H. Pear Eng. Social Differences vii. 176 Narrow stove-pipe trousers. 1970 Globe Mag. (Toronto) 26 Sept. 5/2 The greasers..wear stove pipes, grey with pin stripes. 1978 Sunday Times Mag. 18 June 43/2 The names are Mazurca and Maier, cheap pink shirts against blond hair, stovepipe trousers above bare ankles and feet. c. A portable trench mortar. U.S. Military. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > portable mortars and rocket-launchers rocket gun1827 widowmaker1855 stovepipe1920 bazooka1943 Stalin organ1955 1920 Hist. Sixty-third U.S. Infantry 37 It didn't prevent their finding ranges, or getting the maximum of performance out of the old ‘Stove-pipes’. 1957 R. Leckie Helmet for my Pillow vi. 236 I remained..spared the ordeal of carrying mortar shells to the ‘stove~pipe’ crews. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1691 |
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