pipe-work
[f. pipe n.1 + work n.]
1. Mining. A pipe vein of ore; = pipe n.1 7 c (a).
| 1653 E. Manlove Lead Mines 264 Primgaps, Roof-works, Flat-works, Pipe-works, Shifts. 1829 Glover's Hist. Derby i. 65 Pipe-works lie between two rocks or strata, yet seldom follow any regular inclination, but fill up fissures. |
2. Pipes in the mass, or as part of a structure.
| 1890 Cent. Dict. s.v. Organ, The pipework includes a great variety of different kinds of pipes. 1934 Discovery Dec. 348/1 Modern methods of steel-frame building and pipe-work. 1949 Archit. Rev. CV. 222/1 In all stages of the design effort has been made to eliminate the tangled masses of exterior pipework usual in most nylon factories. 1974 Physics Bull. July 291/2 Tests on oil fields pipework for potential fire hazards. 1976 Gramophone Sept. 453/3 The remoteness of the console from the pipework brought to the ear less than 100 per cent of the complex score. 1977 Times 29 June 5/2 In bad conditions, all ferrous pipework can deteriorate. |