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tubage|ˈtjuːbɪdʒ| [= F. tubage (Littré, 1874), f. tube tube: see -age.] 1. Surg. The introduction of a tube into a cavity or canal; esp. intubation of the larynx.
1880M. Mackenzie Dis. Throat & Nose I. 181, I must here briefly refer to the subject of catheterism and ‘tubage’ of the larynx. 1886in Trans. Amer. Pediatric Soc. (1897) IX. 29 [In 1886 O'Dwyer predicted] that at no distant day tracheotomy would be entirely superseded by ‘tubage of the larynx’. 1896[see intubation]. b. Ordnance. The insertion of an inner tube or lining in the bore of a cannon; also, the process of shrinking an outer tube on an inner bore.
1882Rep. of Chief of U.S. Ordnance 244 (Cent. D.) The present short steel tube has been the result of the essays in the tubage of guns. 2. Tubes collectively; tubing; a system of tubes; in quot., in a tubular boiler.
1896Daily News 20 Apr. 5/1 When the fires are at work, the slender tubage heaves and throbs, and through it scurries the river of steam-generating water. |