A pipe used to drain agricultural land or (in later use also) to convey waste water away from a house.
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| 释义 | the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > other types of drainage > specific type (10) pipe drain1766 A pipe used to drain agricultural land or (in later use also) to convey waste water away from a house. air drainage1816 Mining and Agriculture. Drainage into the air; a system of drains that is open to the air at some point. Obsolete. well drain1818 (a) Agriculture a well sunk to drain wet land, the water being either pumped away or allowed to sink down into porous subsoil; (b) a drain for a… sheep drain1844 an open drain cut in grass-land about 18 inches wide by 18 inches deep. pipe drainage1851 A system of pipe drains; pipe drains collectively. dead well1859 A well dug down into a porous stratum, to carry off surface or refuse water: called also absorbing well, dumb well. Cf. dead-hole n. at dead, adj. n.… mole ditch1860 = mole drain, n. dumb well1878 a well sunk into a porous stratum, to carry off surface water or drainage; also called blind well, dead well. Subcategories:— shaft of (1) — plug used in (1) |
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