conduit-pipe
Also 5–6 condite-, cundite-, 5–7 conduct-pipe.
[f. conduit n. + pipe.]
1. A pipe for the conveyance of water or other liquid; a conduit of tubular form.
| c 1430 Lydg. in Turner Dom. Archit. III. 39 By archis stronge, his cours for to reflecte Thorugh condyte pypis large & wyde. 1581 Marbeck Bk. of Notes 107 The water was brought to this place by conduct pipes. 1599 Sir J. Davies in Farr. S.P. Eliz. (1845) I. 88 Water in conduit-pipes can rise no higher Than the well-head. 1726 Desaguliers in Phil. Trans. XXXIV. 79 To let out the Air from the Conduct Pipes, which obstructs the Running of the Water. 1812–6 Playfair Nat. Phil. (1819) I. 199 Of conduit pipes and open canals. 1847 L. Hunt Jar Honey ix. 120 Grounds whose veins were conduit-pipes to many a crystal spring. |
2. fig. A channel or medium of conveyance.
| 1581 J. Bell Haddon's Answ. Osor. 481 The old fountaines, and conduyt pypes of the Gospell of grace stoppt up by the popish Philistines. a 1628 Preston Serm bef. His Majesty (1630) 25 The instruments and conduit-pipes of so great blessings. 1875 Poste Gaius i. (ed. 2) 67 In respect of debts which he incurred, the son did not act as conduit-pipe, but was liable in his own person. |