pipeborne

English

Etymology

pipe + borne

Adjective

pipeborne (comparative more pipeborne, superlative most pipeborne)

  1. Transported through a pipe.
    • 1992, Mohan Munasinghe, Water Supply and Environmental Management: Developing World Applications:
      It indicates the demand for household water where the new water supply (e.g., pipeborne supply) can substitute for another source of water that was previously used (e.g., water vendor), with little significant change in quality of the useful output.
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