Meaning of Pigging | Babel Free

Definitions

The use of a pig (the device) to clean a pipeline.

Equivalents

Examples

“The main reason for the high efficiencies obtained over previous piggings can be attributed to the vented swabs with the check valve.”

“He had his tea and hot rolls in a morning, while we were battening upon our quarter-of-a-penny loaf — our crug — moistened with attenuated small beer, in wooden piggings, smacking of the pitched leathern jack it was poured from.”

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