pipe roll

noun

1

: one of the annual rolls containing the statements of the accounts of the king's revenue and various expenses and other matters affecting the British public treasury and dating from 1131 to 1833

2

: a roller for supporting a pipe without restraining its longitudinal movement caused by expansion and contraction

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