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

When I was in the military, we called the problem “inter-operability” or “stovepipes.”

Terror Deja Vu |Ken Allard |December 28, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
We awake betimes to the rattle of the scrubbing brush and the sharp overthrow of stovepipes.

Rosemary and Rue |Amber
But off exhibition the "Stovepipes" were not mere street corner ornaments addicted to posing and manicuring.

The Trimmed Lamp |O. Henry
Snug, too, they looked, with smoke coming out of stovepipes that ran through the roofs of several of them.

The Hosts of the Air |Joseph A. Altsheler

People are on the boats: men lounging, women in sun-bonnets, children, stovepipes with streaming smoke.

Complete Prose Works |Walt Whitman
Yesterday I had to change the stove and stovepipes because it smoked so bad that it almost smoked us out.

The War Romance of the Salvation Army |Evangeline Booth and Grace Livingston Hill

stovepipes

/ (ˈstəʊvˌpaɪps) /

informal tight trousers with narrow legs

stovepipe

/ (ˈstəʊvˌpaɪp) /

a pipe that serves as a flue to a stove

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