pipe rack

¹

noun

1. a usually wheeled rack of metal piping on which to hang clothing, as in a store.
2. a small rack, usually of wood, for holding a smoker's pipes.

pipe-rack

²

[ pahyp-rak ]

adjective

, Informal.

1. offering services or goods at low cost because of avoidance of expensive interior decoration, as by displaying clothing for sale on plain pipe racks.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pipe rack¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

There are pipe rack simulators that allow students to learn how to weld in different situations, including from a high place and in a small, confined space.

From Washington Times

A carved wooden mermaid holding a pipe rack.

From Literature

Shoppers ambled through the cavernous space, plucking leather jackets from pipe racks.

From New York Times

The curios include tobacco jars, spill cups, and ash trays; and there are also brass and copper spittoons and pipe racks.

From Project Gutenberg

Some dozen or more of pipe racks held the young collegian's famous collection of pipes that told the history of smoking from the introduction during the reign of Elizabeth, down to the present day.

From Project Gutenberg