joint runner

noun

: a piece of asbestos rope with clamps placed around a pipe or tile joint to serve as a dam for the retention of poured molten metal later to be caulked in

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Rhymes for joint runner

• forerunner
• brunner
• gunnar
• gunner
• tonner