| 单词 | offlet pipe |
| 释义 | > as lemmasofflet pipe A channel or pipe for letting water off; a drainage outlet. Also more fully offlet pipe. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > channel for conveyance of water > for surplus water sluicea1552 watershoot1599 offlet?1744 dale1851 waste-way1881 spill1900 ?1744 in H. Hamilton Select. Monymusk Papers (1945) 141 In wett spouty grounds, there should be drains cutt from the springs, etc. to an offlett and round stones throwen in. 1819 R. Southey Let. 10 Oct. (1965) II. 201 The most astonishing sight is the offlet for lowering the canal. 1838 F. W. Simms Public Wks. Great Brit. iii. 9 Offlets..constructed to carry away the water. 1875 A. Smith New Hist. Aberdeenshire ii. 936 The mouth or offlet of the loch. 2002 ourworld.compuserve.com 17 July (O.E.D. Archive) One major improvement [to Great Barford Bridge]..was the removal of the offlet pipes and their replacement with six gullies discharging through arch soffits. < as lemmas |
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