Stovepipe may refer to: * Exhaust pipe

Clothing

* Stovepipe hat, a tall top hat with a consistent width * Stovepipe pants, style of slim-fit pants also known as drainpipes

Information technology

Stovepipe (organisation) A stovepipe organization (alt organisations) has a structure which largely or entirely restricts the flow of information within the organization to up-down through lines of control, inhibiting or preventing cross-organisational communication. Many ...

, where the structure of the organization restricts flow of information through rigid lines of control * Stovepipe system or stovepiping, the informal name given to a category of criticisms applied to assemblages of technology *

Stovepiping Stovepiping (also stove piping) is a metaphorical term which recalls a stovepipe's function as an isolated vertical conduit, and has been used, in the context of intelligence, to describe several ways in which raw intelligence information may be ...

, the use of improper channels to pass unvetted information to policy-makers

People

Stovepipe Johnson Adam Rankin "Stovepipe" Johnson (February 6, 1834 – October 20, 1922) was an antebellum Western frontiersman and later an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Johnson obtained notoriety leading the Newburgh R ...

(1834–1922), American Civil War colonel * Daddy Stovepipe (1867–1963), African-American blues singer

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Stovepipe Cup This article lists a chronology of Stanley Cup engravings. A unique feature of the Stanley Cup is that, with few exceptions in the past, it is the only trophy in professional sports that has the name of the winning players, coaches, management, ...

, a design of the NHL's Stanley Cup, in use from 1927 to 1947 *

Stovepipe (instrument) The jug used as a musical instrument is an empty jug (usually made of glass or stoneware) played with buzzed lips to produce a trombone-like tone. The characteristic sound of the jug is low and hoarse, below the higher pitch of the fiddle, har ...

, a musical instrument often used in jug bands * Stovepipe jam, a type of firearm malfunction * ''Stovepipe'' (play), by

Adam Brace Adam Brace (born 1980, London, England) is a British playwright and director. Brace is the resident associate dramaturg of Soho Theatre in London. His play ''Stovepipe'', performed in promenade, premiered at the HighTide festival in Suffolk befo ...

* Stovepipe tornado, storm chaser slang for a large cylindrically-shaped tornado

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