piped

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piped

/paɪpt/

Rhymes with -aɪpt

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of pipe

adjective

not comparable Shaped like a pipe; tubular.
not comparable Conveyed by a pipe. All other piped services for the locomotives are provided in the shed; two types of lubricating oil, a waste-oil pipeline, compressed air, radiator-coolant water and both hard- and soft-water pipelines.
not comparable Of a rail vehicle, having a through brake pipe, without the vehicle having brakes operating from it. Vacuum-fitted wagons are provided with complete vacuum-brake equipment; "piped" wagons have through pipes, enabling them to be marshalled in vacuum-braked trains without interrupting the continuity of the vacuum brake connections, but are not provided themselves with vacuum brake gear.

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@misc{piped_2026,
  title = {piped},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/piped},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}