drainagen.

Brit.

/ˈdreɪnɪdʒ/, U.S.

/ˈdreɪnɪdʒ/

Etymology: < drain v. + -age suffix.

1. The action or work of draining.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun] > constant or gradual

drainage1652

drain1721

draining1849

the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > making dry > drawing off water or moisture

draining1565

drainage1652

drain1721

1652 in Stonehouse Axholme (1839) 91 The works..within the dicage and draynage of the Levell of Hatfield Chase.

1834 [see sense 3].

1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers II. 152 Drainage by the old method of windmills, imported from Holland.

1883 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Drainage, surgical, the use of a Drainage tube, or of strands of horse-hair, silk, or other material..in a wound or suppurating cavity for the purpose of removing the fluids therein contained.

figurative.1849 W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith (rev. ed.) xvi. 171 This constant drainage of the purse.1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 905/2 That drainage by Rome of the very heart-blood of his fatherland.

a. A system of drains, artificial or natural.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > natural drainage

drainage1877

1877 T. H. Huxley Physiography i. 19 Such a line divides the western drainage of the country from its eastern drainage.

b. Porous matter, broken fragments, etc., used to drain a flowerpot. (Cf. draining n. 3.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > making dry > drawing off water or moisture > material used for

draining1852

drainage1892

1892 Garden. 27 Aug. 191 Pots..filled about three parts of their depth with clean drainage.

3. That which is drained off by a system of drains; sewage.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] > that which is drained off

drainage1834

draining1834

1834 in Penny Cycl. XXI. 314/2 Their ideas of..drainage never extended to more than taking away the surface drainage.

1857 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) I. 495 The drainage..rises through a false perforated bottom covered with peat-charcoal.

1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) §555 Lake Titicaca..receives the drainage of the great inland basin of the Andes.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

drainage-area n.

ΚΠ

1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age xiv. 194 The whole drainage-area of the Leithen must have been filled with ice to overflowing.

drainage-canal n.

ΚΠ

1900 Westm. Gaz. 20 Sept. 8/1 The opening of the drainage canal has given Chicago an excellent supply of pure water.

1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. 434/1 Drainage canals are deeply cut to facilitate the drainage of surrounding land.

drainage-crock n.

ΚΠ

1881 T. Moore & E. T. Masters Epit. Gardening 143 Keeping the..soil from mixing with the drainage crocks.

drainage-district n.

ΚΠ

1847 Act 10 & 11 Victoria c. 34 §23 Separate drainage districts.

drainage-line n.

ΚΠ

1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. 922 The permanence of drainage-lines is one of the most remarkable features in the geological history of the continents.

drainage-shaft n.

ΚΠ

1869 R. B. Smyth Gold Fields Victoria 610 The main shaft in which the pumps..are fixed..is sometimes called the water shaft, and the drainage shaft.

drainage-system n.

drainage-tent n.

drainage water n.

ΚΠ

1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) I. ii. 69 Pumps..for carrying off the drainage water.

drainage-soaked adj.

ΚΠ

1891 R. Kipling City Dreadful Night 6 The damp, drainage-soaked soil is sick with the teeming life of a hundred years.

C2.

drainage-anchor n. see quots. 1883.

ΚΠ

1883 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Drainage anchor..an india-rubber filament with laterally projecting arms..introduced within a cannula into the cavity of an abscess.

drainage-basin n. the area of land drained by a river and its tributaries; a catchment area; = basin n. 11.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > land near river > [noun] > catchment area

valleyc1790

basin1804

river basin1824

watershed1839

catchment1844

catchment basin1844

drainage1866

gathering-ground1877

drainage-basin1882

catchment area2001

1882 Nation 13 July 33/1 The topography of its immediate banks and that of its drainage-basin..are fully set forth.

1885 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 2) iii. ii. ii. 352 The proportion of mineral matter in river-water varies with the season... Its amount and composition depend upon the nature of the rocks forming the drainage-basin.

1965 A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. (rev. ed.) xvii. 469 A main river and all its tributaries constitute a river system, and the whole area from which the system derives water and rock-waste is its drainage basin.

drainage cycle n. the initiation, development, and maturity of drainage of any given region to the time of interruption introduced by new conditions.

ΚΠ

1903 W. G. Tight U.S. Geol. Surv. Professional Paper No. 13. 76 The deformations of the basin during the development of this old drainage cycle.

drainage-outfall n.

ΚΠ

1911 F. O. Bower Plant-life on Land 16 Conspicuously near to the drainage-outfalls.

drainage-tube n. = drainage-anchor n.

ΚΠ

1883 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Drainage tube, a small..india rubber or coiled wire or other tube, with lateral perforations..passed through a cannula into the..cavity to be drained.

Draft additions 1993

An area drained; a river valley or drainage basin.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > land near river > [noun] > catchment area

valleyc1790

basin1804

river basin1824

watershed1839

catchment1844

catchment basin1844

drainage1866

gathering-ground1877

drainage-basin1882

catchment area2001

1866 R. G. Latham Dict. Eng. Lang. I. ii. 761/1 Drainage,..area from which the water is carried off by some natural or artificial channel; district drained: (as, ‘the drainage of the Po, the Thames, &c.’).

1960 National Geographic Jan. 131/1 At dusk we entered the eastern drainage of the mighty Congo.

1986 New Yorker 1 Dec. 73/2 The department looked across the Continental Divide to the Colorado drainage.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	drainage
释义	drainagen. Brit. /ˈdreɪnɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈdreɪnɪdʒ/ Etymology: < drain v. + -age suffix. 1. The action or work of draining. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > [noun] > constant or gradual drainage1652 drain1721 draining1849 the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > making dry > drawing off water or moisture draining1565 drainage1652 drain1721 1652 in Stonehouse Axholme (1839) 91 The works..within the dicage and draynage of the Levell of Hatfield Chase. 1834 [see sense 3]. 1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers II. 152 Drainage by the old method of windmills, imported from Holland. 1883 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Drainage, surgical, the use of a Drainage tube, or of strands of horse-hair, silk, or other material..in a wound or suppurating cavity for the purpose of removing the fluids therein contained. figurative.1849 W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith (rev. ed.) xvi. 171 This constant drainage of the purse.1883 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. II. 905/2 That drainage by Rome of the very heart-blood of his fatherland. 2. a. A system of drains, artificial or natural. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > system > [noun] > natural drainage drainage1877 1877 T. H. Huxley Physiography i. 19 Such a line divides the western drainage of the country from its eastern drainage. b. Porous matter, broken fragments, etc., used to drain a flowerpot. (Cf. draining n. 3.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > dryness > [noun] > making dry > drawing off water or moisture > material used for draining1852 drainage1892 1892 Garden. 27 Aug. 191 Pots..filled about three parts of their depth with clean drainage. 3. That which is drained off by a system of drains; sewage. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > refuse or rubbish > [noun] > that which is drained off drainage1834 draining1834 1834 in Penny Cycl. XXI. 314/2 Their ideas of..drainage never extended to more than taking away the surface drainage. 1857 Chambers's Information for People (new ed.) I. 495 The drainage..rises through a false perforated bottom covered with peat-charcoal. 1860 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea (ed. 8) §555 Lake Titicaca..receives the drainage of the great inland basin of the Andes. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. drainage-area n. ΚΠ 1874 J. Geikie Great Ice Age xiv. 194 The whole drainage-area of the Leithen must have been filled with ice to overflowing. drainage-canal n. ΚΠ 1900 Westm. Gaz. 20 Sept. 8/1 The opening of the drainage canal has given Chicago an excellent supply of pure water. 1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. 434/1 Drainage canals are deeply cut to facilitate the drainage of surrounding land. drainage-crock n. ΚΠ 1881 T. Moore & E. T. Masters Epit. Gardening 143 Keeping the..soil from mixing with the drainage crocks. drainage-district n. ΚΠ 1847 Act 10 & 11 Victoria c. 34 §23 Separate drainage districts. drainage-line n. ΚΠ 1882 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. 922 The permanence of drainage-lines is one of the most remarkable features in the geological history of the continents. drainage-shaft n. ΚΠ 1869 R. B. Smyth Gold Fields Victoria 610 The main shaft in which the pumps..are fixed..is sometimes called the water shaft, and the drainage shaft. drainage-system n. drainage-tent n. drainage water n. ΚΠ 1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) I. ii. 69 Pumps..for carrying off the drainage water. b. drainage-soaked adj. ΚΠ 1891 R. Kipling City Dreadful Night 6 The damp, drainage-soaked soil is sick with the teeming life of a hundred years. C2. drainage-anchor n. see quots. 1883. ΚΠ 1883 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Drainage anchor..an india-rubber filament with laterally projecting arms..introduced within a cannula into the cavity of an abscess. drainage-basin n. the area of land drained by a river and its tributaries; a catchment area; = basin n. 11. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > land near river > [noun] > catchment area valleyc1790 basin1804 river basin1824 watershed1839 catchment1844 catchment basin1844 drainage1866 gathering-ground1877 drainage-basin1882 catchment area2001 1882 Nation 13 July 33/1 The topography of its immediate banks and that of its drainage-basin..are fully set forth. 1885 A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 2) iii. ii. ii. 352 The proportion of mineral matter in river-water varies with the season... Its amount and composition depend upon the nature of the rocks forming the drainage-basin. 1965 A. Holmes Princ. Physical Geol. (rev. ed.) xvii. 469 A main river and all its tributaries constitute a river system, and the whole area from which the system derives water and rock-waste is its drainage basin. drainage cycle n. the initiation, development, and maturity of drainage of any given region to the time of interruption introduced by new conditions. ΚΠ 1903 W. G. Tight U.S. Geol. Surv. Professional Paper No. 13. 76 The deformations of the basin during the development of this old drainage cycle. drainage-outfall n. ΚΠ 1911 F. O. Bower Plant-life on Land 16 Conspicuously near to the drainage-outfalls. drainage-tube n. = drainage-anchor n. ΚΠ 1883 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Drainage tube, a small..india rubber or coiled wire or other tube, with lateral perforations..passed through a cannula into the..cavity to be drained. Draft additions 1993 An area drained; a river valley or drainage basin. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > land near river > [noun] > catchment area valleyc1790 basin1804 river basin1824 watershed1839 catchment1844 catchment basin1844 drainage1866 gathering-ground1877 drainage-basin1882 catchment area2001 1866 R. G. Latham Dict. Eng. Lang. I. ii. 761/1 Drainage,..area from which the water is carried off by some natural or artificial channel; district drained: (as, ‘the drainage of the Po, the Thames, &c.’). 1960 National Geographic Jan. 131/1 At dusk we entered the eastern drainage of the mighty Congo. 1986 New Yorker 1 Dec. 73/2 The department looked across the Continental Divide to the Colorado drainage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1652
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