fourble
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[edit]Noun
[edit]fourble (plural fourbles)
- A set of oil drilling pipes having four joints.
- 1924, Roy Cross, A Handbook of Petroleum, Asphalt and Natural Gas: Methods of Analysis, Specifications, Properties, Refining Processes, Statistics, Tables and Bibliography:
- Derricks are being made slightly higher, the Chanslor-Canfield Midway Oil Co. making all its derricks 122 feet instead of 114 feet as hitherto; this gives greater head room for extra long "fourbles", and is an advantage.