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taft, n. Plumbing.|tɑːft, tæft|
A widening-out of the end of a lead pipe into a broad thin flange. Also Comb.: taft joint, a joint between two pipes, made by tafting one pipe, shaping the other to fit into it, and soldering them. So taft v. trans., to expand and turn outwards at a sharp angle the end of (a lead pipe) so as to form a wide edge or fastening flange.
1877S. S. Hellyer Plumber i. 21 The soil pipe can be ‘tafted’ at the end. Ibid. ii. 33 When the pipe is tafted back at right angles,..the lower pipe is liable to break away at the taft. 1891― Plumbing xvii. 91 There is no form of wiped soldered joints so easy to make as a taft joint. 1906Goodchild & Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 742/1 Taft joint, a blown joint. 1945W. J. Woolgar Pract. Plumber iv. 102/2 The taft joints are seldom used in plumbing, because of the low tensile strength. 1972J. Hastings Plumber's Compan. 146 A taft joint..requires little skill in the making. 1976Pract. Householder Nov. 46/1 Plumber's solder can, of course, be used especially with the taft joint and finger wipe joint. |