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tubed, ppl. a.|tjuːbd|
[f. tube v. or n. + -ed.]
1. Made or furnished with, consisting of, or having a tube or tubes; resembling a tube; tubular.
1816Wordsw. Ode Day Thanksg. x. 12 While the tubed engine [i.e. organ] feels the inspiring blast And has begun—its clouds of sound to cast Forth. 1843Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc. IX. ii. 372 The larch presents a tubed decayed heart. 1860Wraxall Life in Sea x. 241 Among the strangest of existing animals are the Tubed Jelly Fish, or Siphonophoræ. 1875Howells Foregone Concl. 105 Mrs. Veevain began to look at the sketch through her tubed hand.
2. Of a race-horse: having a metallic tube inserted in the air-passage.
1925W. & A. J. Day Racehorse in Training 13 Tubed horses are rather a nuisance, as the tube should be taken out and disinfected occasionally. 1955Times 13 May 3/3 In the absence of Defender, the tubed steeplechaser Remy was made favourite for the long-distance race, against four opponents. |