Idiom: Stovepipe
Meanings
stove + pipe. The firearms sense is due to the trapped cartridge case resembling a stovepipe of the stove sense.
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.
A stovepipe hat.
A type of malfunction affecting breechloading firearms, where a spent cartridge casing fails to eject completely, instead becoming stuck in the firearm's ejection port, usually oriented vertically or nearly so.
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.
