Piped
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /paɪpt/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Piped is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of pipe.
Meaning
simple past and past participle of pipe.
More Meanings
- Shaped like a pipe; tubular.
- Conveyed by a pipe.
- (rail transport) Of a rail vehicle, having a through brake pipe, without the vehicle having brakes operating from it.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pipeline, routed, directed, channelized, channelled, funnelled.
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