torpedo tube

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   a tube near the waterline of a vessel through which a torpedo is fired

   Broadertube

Questions about torpedo tube

What does torpedo tube mean?

torpedo tube means "a tube near the waterline of a vessel through which a torpedo is fired".

Is torpedo tube a common word?

torpedo tube is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.