piping
1Piping — Pip ing (p[imac]p [i^]ng), a. [From {Pipe}, v.] 1. Playing on a musical pipe. Lowing herds and piping swains. Swift. [1913 Webster] 2. Peaceful; favorable to, or characterized by, the music of the pipe rather than of the drum and fife. Shak.… …
2Piping — (Röhrenbildung) ist eine Form der inneren Erosion. Dabei entstehen röhrenartige Kanäle in Staudämmen, Deichen oder ähnlichen Bauwerken aus Erdschüttmaterial (Sand, Erde, Ton), die bis zum Versagen führen können. Durch einen eingestauten Damm… …
3piping — ► NOUN 1) lengths of pipe. 2) lines of icing or cream, used to decorate cakes and desserts. 3) thin cord covered in fabric and inserted along the length of a seam or hem for decoration. ● piping hot Cf. ↑piping hot …
4Piping — Pip ing, n. 1. A small cord covered with cloth, used as trimming for women s dresses. [1913 Webster] 2. Pipes, collectively; as, the piping of a house. [1913 Webster] 3. The act of playing on a pipe; the shrill noted of birds, etc. [1913 Webster] …
5piping — [pīp′iŋ] n. 1. the act of a person who pipes 2. the music made by pipes 3. a shrill voice or sound 4. a) a system of pipes b) pipes collectively 5. a pipelike fold of material with which edges or seams are trimmed …
6Piping — Piping, Pipe …
7Piping — For other uses, see Pipe. Within industry, piping is a system of pipes used to convey fluids (liquids and gases) from one location to another. The engineering discipline of piping design studies the efficient transport of fluid. [cite book|author …
8piping — [[t]pa͟ɪpɪŋ[/t]] 1) N UNCOUNT Piping is metal, plastic, or another substance made in the shape of a pipe or tube. ...rolls of bright yellow plastic piping. 2) N UNCOUNT Piping is cloth made into a narrow tube. Piping is used to decorate the edges …
9piping — pip|ing1 [ˈpaıpıŋ] n [U] 1.) a thin tube of cloth, usually with string inside, sewn onto clothing, furniture etc as decoration 2.) several pipes, or a system of pipes, used to send liquid or gas in or out of a building piping 2 piping2 adv piping …
10piping — /ˈpaɪpɪŋ / (say puyping) noun 1. pipes collectively. 2. material formed into a pipe or pipes. 3. the act of someone or something that pipes. 4. the sound of pipes. 5. shrill sound. 6. the music of pipes. 7. a cordlike ornamentation made of icing …
