stovepipe

[ stohv-pahyp ]

/ ˈstoʊvˌpaɪp /

a pipe, as of sheet metal, serving as a stove chimney or to connect a stove with a chimney flue.

stovepipe hat.

Origin of stovepipe

First recorded in 1690–1700; stove¹ + pipe¹

A stovepipe led from the stove here and there in wire suspension to a final exit near the other corner.

The Blazed Trail |Stewart Edward White
He hadn't been gone two minutes when I discovered that the hat he had exchanged for the stovepipe was not mine.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) |Various
They were about as big as a stovepipe and four feet long, painted brown.

A Yankee in the Trenches |R. Derby Holmes
I'm sending you a bundle of newspaper clippings as big as a stovepipe—all about Yours Truly.

Colonel Crockett's Co-operative Christmas |Rupert Hughes

I simply could not afford to be seen with that stovepipe hat either on my head or under my arm.

The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) |Various

stovepipe

/ (ˈstəʊvˌpaɪp) /

a pipe that serves as a flue to a stove

Also called: stovepipe hat a man's tall silk hat