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single steel pipe used for scaffolding and barriers
A standardized steel pipe, typically about 48 mm in diameter, used with clamps to build scaffolding, temporary fences, and simple structures at construction sites.
現場に単管を運んだ。
We carried steel pipes to the site.
単管をクランプでつないで足場を組む。
We connect the steel pipes with clamps to build the scaffolding.
工事現場のまわりに、単管でできた仮のフェンスが立っていた。
A temporary fence made of steel pipes stood around the construction site.
Short for 単管パイプ. A construction-site term for the single steel tube used, with clamps (クランプ), to assemble scaffolding and temporary barriers. "単" (single) distinguishes it from prefabricated frame units.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 単管パイプ: steel scaffolding pipe
- 単管で足場を組む: to build scaffolding with steel pipe
- 単管バリケード: a barrier made of steel pipe