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
Words nearby gas main
gas law,
gas laws,
gas lighter,
gas liquor,
gas log,
gas main,
gas mantle,
gas mask,
gas meter,
gas oil,
gas oven
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.
World's War Events, Vol. I |Various
British Dictionary definitions for gas main
gas main
noun
a large pipeline in which gas is carried for distribution through smaller pipes to consumers