stovepipe

[ stohv-pahyp ]

noun

1. a pipe, as of sheet metal, serving as a stove stave chimney or to connect a stove stave with a chimney flue.
2. stovepipe hat.

stovepipe

/ ˈstəʊvˌpaɪp /

noun

1. a pipe that serves as a flue to a stove
2. Also calledstovepipe hat a man's tall silk hat

Word History and Origins

Origin of stovepipe¹

First recorded in 1690–1700; stove ¹ + pipe ¹

Example Sentences

It wafted the smoke from Bland's stovepipe gently down on the river's shining face.

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Smoke was curling upward from the stovepipe which protruded above the roof.

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It appeared to consist of a piece of ordinary stovepipe about twelve inches long.

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Lawyer Whittle was fined two pecks of apples and cigars for wearing a stovepipe hat and so the fun went on, day after day.

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A cooking-stove inside answers for heating apparatus and the stovepipe protrudes above the roof.

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