steampipe

[ steem-pahyp ]

noun

1. a pipe for conveying steam from a boiler.

Word History and Origins

Origin of steampipe¹

First recorded in 1855–60; steam + pipe ¹

Example Sentences

RockPaperShotgun reports that the issue first seems to have cropped up in 2014, when Valve moved its games into its new SteamPipe content distribution system.

From The Verge

Climbing down to the prison’s bowels, they intend to chip through walls to a steampipe that runs out past the perimeter wall, where they pop up through a manhole and escape.

From Washington Post

There was a steampipe overhead, and knotted to it, dangling from it, was a piece of cord—the kind of cord the killer had used.

From Literature

The real meat of the show is in the institute’s new galleries, where pieces from James’s workroom, from forms to a bent steampipe that served as a design inspiration, are on view.

From New York Times

There were steampipe collars to unbolt and pack, and bolt again, before that was done; while when Austin came upon Jefferson, he held up one hand from which the scalded skin was peeling.

From Project Gutenberg