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soakaway|ˈsəʊkəweɪ|
Also soak-away.
[f. soak v. + away adv.]
A pit, usu. filled with hard-core, into which water or other liquids may flow and from which they may percolate slowly into the surrounding subsoil.
1916H. G. Wells Mr. Britling ii. iv. 331 Every now and then someone stumbles into a soakaway for rain⁓water. 1928Daily Express 31 May 5/3 Be sure to find out if your kitchen sink drains to a ‘soak-away’. If it does, you must not let much water go down it, but throw out washing-up water and suchlike on the garden. 1951Archit. Rev. CIX. 291 The drainage system..consists of a series of septic tanks for soil drains and soakaways for stormwater. 1976Sunday Times (Lagos) 26 Sept. 4/3 He says he can as well repair blocked soak-aways or any job a qualified plumber can do. |