Stovepipe

Stovepipe

A stovepipe can refer to:

* The chimney of a coal- or wood-burning stove.
* A tall top hat with a consistent width.
* A firearm malfunction in shooting in which the empty cartridge case jams vertically in the ejection port of the gun instead of being thrown clear, a condition usually caused by not holding the firearm correctly, or "limp-wristing".
* Rigid funding allocation to agencies or purposes, frequently referring to hoarding funding for one organization or division over another.
* A stovepipe system, the informal name given to a category of criticisms applied to assemblages of technology, sometimes also referred to as "stovepiping".
* In intelligence parlance, stovepiping is the inappropriate transmission of raw information to high-level intelligence consumers that could lead to misguided policies, as opposed to the process called vetting or the systematic procedure of sifting, disambiguating, analyzing and producing intelligence products suitable for policy consideration. Vetting is also referred to as analytic tradecraft.
* Adam R. "Stovepipe" Johnson, an American Civil War colonel who led a daring raid on Indiana in which a town surrendered after being threatened with a mock cannon Johnson had fashioned using two pieces of exhaust stovepipe.
* It is also a term occasionally used by storm chasers to describe the shape of a tornado.


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  • Stovepipe — Stove pipe (st[=o]v p[imac]p ), n. Pipe made of sheet iron in length and angular or curved pieces fitting together, used to connect a portable stove with a chimney flue. [1913 Webster] {Stovepipe hat}, A tall silk hat with a brim, worn commonly… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stovepipe — [stōv′pīp΄] n. 1. a metal pipe used to carry off smoke or fumes from a stove, as into a chimney flue ☆ 2. a man s tall silk hat: in full stovepipe hat …   English World dictionary

  • stovepipe — ► NOUN ▪ a pipe taking the smoke and gases from a stove up through a roof or to a chimney …   English terms dictionary

  • stovepipe — /stohv puyp /, n. 1. a pipe, as of sheet metal, serving as a stove chimney or to connect a stove with a chimney flue. 2. See stovepipe hat. [1690 1700; STOVE1 + PIPE1] * * * …   Universalium

  • stovepipe — /ˈstoʊvpaɪp/ (say stohvpuyp) noun 1. a pipe, as of sheet metal, serving as a stove chimney or to connect a stove with a chimney flue. 2. Colloquial → stovepipe hat. {stove1 + pipe1} …  

  • Stovepipe Wells, California — Stovepipe Wells is a small way station in the northern part of Death Valley, California. There is a motel with swimming pool, a gas station/general store, a gift shop, a ranger station and a restaurant/bar. Close to town are some fairly large and …   Wikipedia

  • stovepipe pants — stovepipe trousers or stovepipe pants, narrow, tight trousers: »The low slung stovepipe pants are pinstriped (New Yorker) …   Useful english dictionary

  • stovepipe trousers — or stovepipe pants, narrow, tight trousers: »The low slung stovepipe pants are pinstriped (New Yorker) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Stovepipe hat — Stovepipe Stove pipe (st[=o]v p[imac]p ), n. Pipe made of sheet iron in length and angular or curved pieces fitting together, used to connect a portable stove with a chimney flue. [1913 Webster] {Stovepipe hat}, A tall silk hat with a brim, worn… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stovepipe (organisation) — A stovepipe organisation is one where the structure of the organisation largely or entirely restricts the flow of information within the organisation to up down through lines of control but inhibits or prevents cross organisational communication …   Wikipedia

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