STANDPIPE


Meaning of STANDPIPE in English

/stand"puyp'/ , n.

1. a vertical pipe or tower into which water is pumped to obtain a required head.

2. a water pipe for supplying the fire hoses of a building, connected with the water supply of the building and usually with a siamese outside the building.

[ 1840-50; STAND + PIPE 1 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .