pipeline

pipeline
pipeline (n.) 1873, "continuous line of pipes," from PIPE (Cf. pipe) (n.) + LINE (Cf. line) (n.). Figurative sense of "channel of communication" is from 1921; surfer slang meaning "hollow part of a large wave" is attested by 1963.

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