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.

gas main

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

First recorded in 1810–20

Water would enter the gas main, and her utility, National Grid, would be forced to shut off the gas.

Turning back now to the gas main, let us consider the pressures actually existing.

And now the wire ran to the roof again, along a smaller gas main, and so to another manhole.

They made a turning, and went on, always following the little wire that had been looped along the joints of the gas main.

One hand badly burnt, face and hair singed, Loveland was back in a minute from his errand at the gas main.

The fire was reported to have been caused by the explosion of a gas main.

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