taftn.
/taft/, /tɑːft/, U.S. /tæft/ Plumbing.
A widening-out of the end of a lead pipe into a broad thin flange.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > conveyor > [noun] > conduit, channel, or tube > pipe > other parts of pipes
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1877 S. S. Hellyer Plumber ii. 33 When the pipe is tafted back at right angles,..the lower pipe is liable to break away at the taft.
Derivatives
taft v. (transitive) 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.
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society > occupation and work > industry > conducting of water, etc., by channels or pipes > plumbing and pipework > [verb (transitive)] > expand end of pipe to form edge
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1877 S. S. Hellyer Plumber i. 21 The soil pipe can be ‘tafted’ at the end.
taft joint n. a joint between two pipes, made by tafting one pipe, shaping the other to fit into it, and soldering them.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > conveyor > [noun] > conduit, channel, or tube > pipe > other parts of pipes
bum1570
nipple1574
rider1728
shoe1770
nose-pipe1787
tack1823
box valve1833
bell end1851
taft1877
taft joint1891
pipe ear1905
spud1905
1891 S. S. Hellyer Plumbing xvii. 91 There is no form of wiped soldered joints so easy to make as a taft joint.
1906 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 742/1 Taft joint, a blown joint.
1945 W. J. Woolgar Pract. Plumber iv. 102/2 The taft joints are seldom used in plumbing, because of the low tensile strength.
1972 J. Hastings Plumber's Compan. 146 A taft joint..requires little skill in the making.
1976 Pract. Householder Nov. 46/1 Plumber's solder can, of course, be used especially with the taft joint and finger wipe joint.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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