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Stovepipe
Meaning
Noun
●
Sheet-metal
tubing
used as a
chimney
for a
stove
or furnace.
●
A
channel
for information which is
compartmentalized
in such a
manner
that some
parties
who might be
interested
in its use or
be able to
utilize
it are
restricted
from
accessing
it.
●
In Headwear:
A
stovepipe
hat.
●
In Firearms:
A type of
malfunction
affecting
breechloading
firearms
, where a
spent
cartridge
casing
fails
to
eject
completely
, instead becoming
stuck
in the firearm's
eject
ion
port
, usually
oriented
vertically
or
nearly
so.
Verb
●
To
collect
or
store
information in a
compartmentalized
manner
, so that some
parties
who might be
interested
in its use or ability to
utilize
it are
restricted
from
accessing
it.
●
In Firearms:
Of a
cartridge
case, to become
wedged
vertically
in the
ejection
port
of a
breechloading
firearm
,
rather than
ejecting
completely
from the weapon.
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