air casing

noun

1

: a casing (as of sheet iron) surrounding a pipe or reservoir with an air space between to prevent transmission of heat

2

: the coaming around the stack of a ship at the weather deck serving to ventilate the boiler room

Word History

First Known Use

1839, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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