English Dictionary

pipe-opener

noun

A device for putting a hole in a pipe. / A device or mechanism for clearing obstructions in a pipe. / (sports) A practice event; a warm-up.

He used a pipe-opener to create a hole in the pipe.

意味（1）

A device for putting a hole in a pipe.

意味（2）

A device or mechanism for clearing obstructions in a pipe.

意味（3）

(sports) A practice event; a warm-up.

They will note the doings of the favourite for some particular race, scanning him keenly and critically ; they will see how he takes his pipe-opener, or if he breaks down, or if he turns lame, or is absent from exercise.

意味（4）

(figuratively) A brisk walk or other aerobic exercise; a constitutional.

意味（5）

(figuratively) An example that serves as an introduction.

That tale may have served as a pipe-opener, but one could not see its wood for its trees, so I threw it away.