Stovepipe Definition

stōvpīp
stovepipes
noun
stovepipes
A metal pipe used to carry off smoke or fumes from a stove, as into a chimney flue.
Webster's New World
A man's tall silk hat.
Webster's New World
A pathway for transmitting information higher in a hierarchy while bypassing intervening levels that remain uninformed about this information.
American Heritage
A channel for body of information which is compartmentalized in such a manner that some parties which might be interested in its use or be able to utilize it are restricted from access to it.
Wiktionary
verb
To transmit (information) up in a hierarchy by means of a stovepipe.
American Heritage

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Singular:
stovepipe
Plural:
stovepipes

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