Definition of Clay pipe

1. Noun. A pipe made of clay.

Specialized synonyms: Dudeen
Generic synonyms: Pipe, Tobacco Pipe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clay Pipe

clawhammer
clawhammers
clawhand
clawing
clawingly
clawless
clawlike
claws
claxon
claxons
clay
clay-colored robin
clay pigeon
clay pigeon poisoning
clay pigeons
clay pipe (current term)
clay sculpture
clay shoveler's fracture
clay up
claybank
claybanks
claybed
claybeds
claybeg
claycourt
claycourts
claye
clayed
clayen
clayes

Literary usage of Clay pipe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Throughout Great Britain and Ireland small clay pipe« are frequently dug up, ... The principal centre of the clay pipe industry is at Broseley in ..."

2. Archeological Explorations in Northeastern Arizona by Alfred Vincent Kidder, Samuel James Guernsey (1919)
"PIPE: In figure 63 (actual size) are given a drawing and section of a clay pipe found on the surface of a small ruin on the top of the mesa at the mouth of ..."

3. The Design of Highway Bridges and the Calculation of Stresses in Bridges Trusses by Milo Smith Ketchum (1908)
"The common sizes, weights and list prices of vitrified clay pipe are given in Table LIX. The discounts from this list will vary with the location and the ..."

4. The Architects' and Builders' Handbook: Data for Architects, Structural by Frank Eugene Kidder (1921)
"The SLIP-GLAZED clay pipe is made of what is known as FIRE-CLAY, such as fire-brick clay, which retains its porosity when subjected to the most intense heat ..."

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