Piped
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of pipe form-of, participle, past
- 1 Shaped like a pipe; tubular. not-comparable
- 2 Conveyed by a pipe. not-comparable
"All other piped services for the locomotives are provided in the shed; two types of lubricating oil, a waste-oil pipeline, compressed air, radiator-coolant water and both hard- and soft-water pipelines."
- 3 Of a rail vehicle, having a through brake pipe, without the vehicle having brakes operating from it. not-comparable
"Vacuum-fitted wagons are provided with complete vacuum-brake equipment; "piped" wagons have through pipes, enabling them to be marshalled in vacuum-braked trains without interrupting the continuity of the vacuum brake connections, but are not provided themselves with vacuum brake gear."
Example
More examples"It was pleasant to breathe the balmy air; you might have fancied that the rivers were asleep so slowly and silently did they flow along, while the breezes sighed and piped as they breathed through the branches of the pines."
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