gas main


noun

a large pipe for conducting and distributing gas to lesser pipes or ducts, especially such a pipe carrying and distributing household gas beneath the streets of a town or city.

Origin of gas main

First recorded in 1810–20

Example sentences from the Web for gas main

  • Somewhere a gas-main burst with a roar and drove the crowd back with its choking fumes as no human hands could have done.

British Dictionary definitions for gas main

gas main

noun

a large pipeline in which gas is carried for distribution through smaller pipes to consumers