stovepipes

/ ˈstəʊvˌpaɪps /

plural noun

1. informal.
   tight trousers with narrow legs

Example Sentences

Debris from the floods included propane tanks, stovepipes, lawn chairs, dishes and an American flag.

From Fox News

We must redouble our efforts to work together — with allies and partners, across commands, across services and across our fiefdoms and stovepipes.

From Washington Post

Rosenberg: So if one of the criticisms pre-9/11 was that there were too many walls and too many stovepipes, the notion of creating another wall or an additional stovepipes didn’t make sense.

From MSNBC

Its shoes are in a way chronicles of seismic American shifts, sort of like Stetsons, stovepipes, fedoras and trucker caps.

From Washington Post

Meanwhile, reports from different services and agencies remain largely ignored and unevaluated inside their respective bureaucratic stovepipes.

From Washington Post