Chain pipe


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(Naut.) an opening in the deck, lined with iron, through which the cable is passed into the lockers or tiers.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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The conventional method for accomplishing that is to strap or chain pipe to an excavator boom or crane to move joints of pipe.
Although a chain pipe wrench may cost more than an equivalent-sized Stillson wrench, it offers easy handling in close quarters.