gas main

English

Noun

gas main (plural gas mains)

1. The conduit through which coal gas or natural gas is conveyed to users.
   • 1961 January, “Talking of Trains: The Severn Bridge disaster”, in Trains Illustrated, page 5:

     This imposing structure, which not only carries the single track branch line but also the gas main supplying the Forest of Dean area, cost £200,000 when it was built in 1879, and at its highest point is 70ft above the high-water mark.

Translations

Translations

• Bulgarian: газопровод m (gazoprovod)
• Finnish: pääkaasuputki, kaasuputki (fi)
• French: conduite de gaz f
• German: Hauptgasleitung f
• Polish: gazociąg (pl) m

Anagrams

• Amigans, Magians, Misanga, misanga, siamang