noun
stovepipe
Stovepipe (noun) means Sheet-metal tubing used as a chimney for a stove or furnace.
noun
1
Sheet-metal tubing used as a chimney for a stove or furnace.
2
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
A stovepipe hat.
4
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.
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Etymology
From stove + pipe. The firearms sense is due to the trapped cartridge case resembling a stovepipe of the stove sense.
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What is the meaning of stovepipe?
"stovepipe" (noun) means sheet-metal tubing used as a chimney for a stove or furnace.
What are the different meanings of stovepipe?
"stovepipe" has 3 main meanings: 1. Sheet-metal tubing used as a chimney for a stove or furnace; 2. 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. A stovepipe hat.