Definition of "steam-pipe" []

• Any pipe in which Steam is conveyed. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Isaac dully remembered the huge coils of steam-pipe that curled up the side of the wall."
• "Indeed, the exact nature of the lagging matters comparatively little, because the active substance in retaining the heat in the acetylene generator or the steam-pipe is the air entangled in the pores of the lagging; and therefore the value of any particular material depends mainly on its exhibiting a high degree of porosity."
• "A row of lighted gas-jets placed near the point where the sheet goes on to the "flyboard," a heated steam-pipe, and many other things have been used, but a new device by which electricity is generated and carried into the press, and there neutralizes the electricity in the paper, is the best of them all."