| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A pipe for forcing into the earth.[Websters]. | |
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Date "DRIVEPIPE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DRIVEPIPE
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Mining | A. A thick-walled outside-coupled pipe, fitted at its lower end with a sharp steel shoe. It may be driven through overburden or other material by repeated pile-driverlike blows delivered to the upper end of the pipe by a heavy drive block b. Casing pipe driven into deep drill hole to hold back water or prevent caving. In shallow drilling of alluvials, bottom pipe of string that may be battered down. Drivehead and drive shoe are also used in this work c. Pipe driven short distance into dumps or unconsolidated ground to obtain samples. See also: conduit. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: DRIVEPIPE
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Drivepipe ring | Mining | A. A heavy sleevelike device attached to a drill floor to steady and guide the pipe or casing being driven b. A device for holding the drivepipe while being pulled from a well. (references) | |
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