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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act or process of welding together the edges of an iron plate or skelp to form a tube.

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Examples

  • The safety board, which investigates air and marine crashes and pipeline disasters, said it is still conducting tests and is "in the process of researching pipe-welding standards and practices in effect at the time the pipeline was installed in 1956."

    Probe Unearths Odd Pipes Rebecca Smith 2010

  • The pipe-welding ... hydroelectric plant in which five maintenance workers are trapped in a pipe after a fire started in the facility near the small mountain community of TORONTO, Sept. 10/CNW/- CSA Standards, a leading standards-based solutions organization,

    WN.com - Business News 2009

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