puff pipe
noun
1 Plumbing a short ventilation pipe connected to a trap or valve in a drainage system.
2 Aeronautics a pipe out of which compressed air is blown in order to control the attitude of a vertical take-off aircraft.
Origin
Late 19th century.
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