Ofenrohr — meaning in English

English meaning

• stovepipe noun Sheet-metal tubing used as a chimney for a stove or furnace.

Senses

Ofenrohr is used for these senses in English:

• stovepipe Sheet-metal tubing used as a chimney for a stove or furnace.

stovepipe — full definition

1. noun Sheet-metal tubing used as a chimney for a stove or furnace.
2. noun A channel for information which is compartmentalized in such a manner that some parties who might be interested in its use or able to make use of it are restricted from accessing it.
3. noun A stovepipe hat.
4. noun A type of malfunction affecting breechloading firearms, where a spent cartridge casing fails to eject completely, instead becoming stuck in the firearm's ejection port, usually oriented vertically or nearly so.