Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In railroading, a rolling support for the pipe-rods of a signaling-plant.
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Examples
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"'My thoughts do not move so fast as my feet, O my friend,' said I. 'Who would stop a pipe-carrier of the Tallegewi?"
The Trail Book Mary Hunter Austin 1901
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A pipe-carrier or leader doesn’t have to say that’s what he is, because the people know.
Cordoves, Joaquin 2010
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