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APAD: Pipe Down

7grizzly
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Meaning:

   A request to be quiet.

 

Background:

   On sailing ships signals were given to the crew by sounding the boatswain's

   (bo'sun's) pipe. One such was `piping down the hammocks' which was the signal

   to go below decks and retire for the night. When an officer wanted a sailor

   to be dismissed below he would have him `piped down'.

 

   This usage is recorded in Royal Navy workbooks from the 18th century; for

   example, Gillespie's Advice to Commanders & Officers, 1798:

 

     "At four o'clock, P.M. the hammocks should regularly be piped down."

 

   There's no unequivocal link between this naval practice and the `be quiet'

   meaning. It could well have derived from the fact that, if there was a

   disturbance onboard ship, officers could quell it by sending the crew below

   decks, that is, by piping them down. This notion is supported by records of

   ship's crew's being told to `pipe down' rather than signalled to by the use

   of an actual pipe; for example, this report from The Gettysburg Star And

   Banner, April 1850:

 

     `Pipe down!' cried the Captain, and the crew slowly dispersed.

 

- www.phrases.org.uk [edited]

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The NOAD (New Oxford American Dictionary) stresses "imperative"

    pipe down: [often in imperative] Informal Stop talking; be less noisy.

 

but it doesn't have to be. The other day, my son said something about someone

might be better off piping down.

 

AHD (American Heritage Dictionary) says nothing about requesting,

    pipe down: Slang To stop talking; be quiet.

 

It also lists "pipe up" as "to speak up," which might also be used in the

indicative mode.

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最西边的岛上
2 楼
got It. b quietOrQuieter ;) another good1, 7G! thx4sharing.
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最西边的岛上
3 楼
knew y the hammocks, but always wonder how could people
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最西边的岛上
4 楼
sleep in it. must be tough to be a sailor ...
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7grizzly
5 楼
Thank you! Hammocks might work better than a hard bed in a
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7grizzly
6 楼
vessel constantly tossed around out there in the sea.
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移花接木
7 楼
Thought they sleep on bunk beds, tho may b shared by shifts,

Still solid beds

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移花接木
8 楼
submarines make me feel buried alive
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7grizzly
9 楼
If it's big enough&works well, I might forget the scary part
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最西边的岛上
10 楼
haha, seeing the word "tossed" I feel seasick rightAway ;-)
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最西边的岛上
11 楼
want to try a U-boat? There r still 4 left ;-))
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7grizzly
12 楼
Hammocks&beds, come 'n' go like fads:-)) This is when I feel
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7grizzly
13 楼
the OED might be helpful.
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7grizzly
14 楼
You have a great sense of language :-))
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7grizzly
15 楼
Didn't know they take on passengers to earn their keep :-)
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最西边的岛上
16 楼
yes,4 one with motionSickness. I need 2 blockEars onPlane;)
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瓷善家
17 楼
Learned. Thanks for sharing!
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7grizzly
18 楼
Same here. Thanks for reading :-)
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7grizzly
19 楼
A hard bed might need a net to catch the sleeper in case:-)
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移花接木
20 楼
Life on USS Ohio maybe even luxury
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移花接木
21 楼
death from the submarine Titan was not event bad, swift
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天边一片白云
22 楼
What is the meaning of the "pipe" here? Thanks
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天边一片白云
23 楼
My son like sleeping in a hammock at night when camping.
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天边一片白云
24 楼
he said it is comfy. I don't understand how can it be comfy.
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7grizzly
25 楼
To signal (crew members) with a boatswain's whistle.
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7grizzly
26 楼
The only way to find out is to try it yourself :-)
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天边一片白云
27 楼
I see. Thanks
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