speaking tube

noun

a tube for conveying the voice over a somewhat limited distance, as from one part of a building or ship to another.

speaking tube

a tube or pipe for conveying a person's voice from one room, area, or building to another

First recorded in 1825–35

"We're making water fast in the forward compartment," came a voice through the speaking-tube.

Looking around to see whence the sound came, his eyes fell upon a speaking tube.

There was a sudden commotion at the far end of the speaking tube, and something like the sound of wheels.

We owe to him the earliest counting-machine, and it was he who perfected the Aeolian harp, the speaking tube, and the microscope.

Blythe roared an order down the speaking tube and swung round the spokes of the wheel.

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