quarter-pipe

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Etymology

From quarter +‎ pipe.

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Noun

quarter-pipe (plural quarter-pipes)

  1. (skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, BMX, rollerskating, etc.) A structure used to perform tricks, approximately half the size of a half-pipe, similar in appearance to having a quarter of a circle in cross-section, with the middle of that quarter as the bottom.
  2. (skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing, BMX, rollerskating, etc) A ramp, one side of a halfpipe

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