drainpipe

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a pipe that carries rainwater, wastewater, or another liquid away

   The storm tore the drainpipe from the side of the house.

2. 2
   noun

   a very narrow style of trouser leg; usually used attributively in drainpipe trousers

   The singer wore black drainpipe trousers with polished boots.

A transparent compound of drain + pipe. The plumbing sense is recorded from the nineteenth century; the clothing sense compares tightly tapered trouser legs to the long, narrow shape of a drainpipe.

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