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ˈstand-pipe, n.
[f. stand v.]
1. A vertical pipe for the conveyance of water, gas, steam or the like to a higher level.
1850Ogilvie. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. I. 209 [In a low-pressure engine] water is..commonly supplied by means of a vertical stand-pipe with a small cistern at the upper end. 1889Welch Text Bk. Naval Archit. xi. 127 To empty the double bottom spaces [of a ship], a suction known as a stand pipe is led from each compartment to a valve chest. Ibid. 129 The standpipe valve chest.
2. A pipe for attachment to a water-main furnished with a spout or nozzle to which a hose may be fixed or with a tap.
1850Ogilvie. 1866Tomlinson's Cycl. Useful Arts I. 3/1 A stand-pipe, with a flexible hose, is placed in one corner of the slaughter-house. 1883Pall Mall Gaz. 5 July 7/2 The presence of several firemen with a standpipe in readiness was deemed desirable during the night.
Hence ˈstandpipe v. trans., to supply (a water-main) with stand-pipes.
1895Daily News 22 Mar. 3/7 The Company caused the district to be stand-piped. Ibid., The special operations of stand-piping and of providing for the increased draught. |