sausage boom
n.— «The absorbent pads and a double sausage boom skim what fuel oil contamination finds its way to the surface.» —“Cleanup OK may be near” by Bradford L. Miner Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Massachusetts) July 11, 1989. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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