speaking-tuben.

Forms: (Also unhyphened.)

Etymology: speaking n. Compounds 2.

1. A tube or pipe for speaking, or communicating orders, from one room, building, etc., to another.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > [noun] > speaking-tube

speaking-tube1833

telephone1849

conversation tube1890

blower1945

1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §1457 Orders being given by the waiter above through a speaking-tube.

1844 T. Webster & F. Parkes Encycl. Domest. Econ. §4797 These speaking tubes first came into use here..about thirty-five years ago.

1894 E. Banks Campaigns Curiosity 27 Annie was called to the hall to answer the whistle of the speaking-tube.

attributive.a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 834/1 Speaking Tube Whistle, a modification of an intonating modulating steam whistle.

2. A speaking-trumpet.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > sound magnification or reproduction > [noun] > speaking trumpet or tube

trunk1546

speaking-trumpet1671

stentorophonic tube1686

whispering-trumpet1688

stentorian trumpet1690

trumpet1696

voice pipe1839

voice tube1839

whispering-tube1857

speaking-tube1889

megaphone1896

meg1937

loudhailer1941

bullhorn1955

1889 F. Cowper Capt. of Wight 304 ‘You'll be aboard o' us an' you take no more care,’ sung out the Master through a speaking-tube.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	speaking-tube
释义	speaking-tuben. Forms: (Also unhyphened.) Etymology: speaking n. Compounds 2. 1. A tube or pipe for speaking, or communicating orders, from one room, building, etc., to another. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > signalling > audible signalling > [noun] > speaking-tube speaking-tube1833 telephone1849 conversation tube1890 blower1945 1833 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. §1457 Orders being given by the waiter above through a speaking-tube. 1844 T. Webster & F. Parkes Encycl. Domest. Econ. §4797 These speaking tubes first came into use here..about thirty-five years ago. 1894 E. Banks Campaigns Curiosity 27 Annie was called to the hall to answer the whistle of the speaking-tube. attributive.a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 834/1 Speaking Tube Whistle, a modification of an intonating modulating steam whistle. 2. A speaking-trumpet. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > audibility > sound magnification or reproduction > [noun] > speaking trumpet or tube trunk1546 speaking-trumpet1671 stentorophonic tube1686 whispering-trumpet1688 stentorian trumpet1690 trumpet1696 voice pipe1839 voice tube1839 whispering-tube1857 speaking-tube1889 megaphone1896 meg1937 loudhailer1941 bullhorn1955 1889 F. Cowper Capt. of Wight 304 ‘You'll be aboard o' us an' you take no more care,’ sung out the Master through a speaking-tube. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1833
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