cesspooln.

Brit.

/ˈsɛspuːl/, U.S.

/ˈsɛsˌpul/

Forms: 1600s cest-, 1800s sus-, sess-, 1700s– cesspool.

Etymology: Of uncertain derivation. The form cesperalle has suggested connection or popular confusion, with suspiral n. breathing hole, air-hole, ventilator. The form cestpool , if genuine (compared with the dialect ‘cist , a cesspool’ in Halliwell) has suggested that the initial element may be a contraction of cestern , cistern n., or at least that it has at some time been associated by popular etymology with that word. Prof. Skeat compares the form suspool with the dialect words suss ‘hogwash’, soss ‘anything dirty or muddy’ (Halliwell); others have proposed derivation < cess n.⁴ bog. More suitable is that from Italian cesso privy ( < Latin secessus place of retirement, privy, drain), especially as this is also commonly used for cessino the solid contents of the cesso, ‘materie grosse che si cavano dalle cloache delle case, che servano per ingrasso dei terreni’ (La Crusca). The spelling sess-pool taken with the essential meaning of a ‘pool for the retention of sediment’, might indicate connection with Latin sedēre, sessum in sense ‘to sink, settle down’. But all these are merely suggestions, calling for further evidence.

1. A small well or excavation made in the bottom of a drain, under a grating, to collect and retain the sand or gravel carried by the stream.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > other types of drainage > pits

cesspool1671

catch-pit1811

catch basin1855

soakpit1898

soakaway1916

soakway1956

a1660 N. Bacon Annalls of Ipswche (1884) 337 Cesperalle to be made for stopping of filthe by the brooke.]

1671 Act Common Council Lond. 27 Oct. ⁋5. 18 A Fall or Cestpool of convenient bigness shall be made..to every Grate of the Common Sewer..to receive the Sand or Gravel coming to the same, so to prevent the choaking thereof.1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 592/2 Sesspool, or Cesspool, a deep hole or well, under the mouth of a drain, for the reception of sediment, etc., by which the drain might be choked.

a. A well sunk to receive the soil from a water-closet, kitchen sink, etc.: properly one which retains the solid matter, and allows the liquid to escape.It is sometimes built dry, so that the water escapes by percolation through the joints of the stone or brickwork into the surrounding soil, or it is built in mortar, and a drain formed to carry off the surplus water from near the top of it. (Gwilt.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > sewage treatment > [noun] > use of cesspools or lagoons > cesspool or pit

sink1413

midden pita1425

sinkhole1456

suspiralc1512

sentine1537

dung pit1598

muck pit1598

sinker1623

bumby1632

sump1680

sump hole1754

jaw-hole1760

recess1764

cesspool1783

dead-hole1856

soil-tank1861

cesspit1864

lagoon1909

sewage lagoon1930

1783 Philos. Trans. 1782 (Royal Soc.) 72 364 We estimated the fall of the drain, from the eastern sink..to its termination in the cess-pool..at two feet.

1815 T. I. M. Forster Res. Atmosph. Phænom. (ed. 2) iv. 150 The smell of drains and suspools.

1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. i. 15 The horrible stench of the..cesspools.

1860 G. W. S. Piesse Lab. Chem. Wonders 98 [It will] render harmless the most offensive cesspool or drain.

b. (See quot.)

ΚΠ

1871 Daily News 16 Dec. In Yorkshire effluvium-traps are frequently called cess-pools.

1883 F. de Chaumont Parkes's Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 6) i. x. 367 The common mason's or dip-trap..and the notorious D trap..both of which are simply cesspools.

3. figurative. (Cf. sink n.¹ 2, common sewer n. at sewer n.¹ 2a, etc.)

ΚΠ

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. v. i. 288 The ‘Cesspool of Agio’, now in a time of Paper Money, works with a vivacity unexampled.

1864 Soc. Sci. Rev. 52 Australia refuses again to be made a moral cesspool for England.

1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. v. xviii. 331 Seneca..speaks of Rome as a cesspool of iniquity.

Derivatives

cesspoolage n. [compare drainage, sewerage] rare

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > sewage treatment > [noun] > use of cesspools or lagoons

cesspoolage1861

lagooning1911

1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) II. 433/1 Two modes of removing the wet refuse of the metropolis..sewerage; and..cesspoolage... By the system of cesspoolage, the wet refuse of the household is collected in an adjacent tank, and when the reservoir is full, the contents are removed to some other part.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cesspool
释义	cesspooln. Brit. /ˈsɛspuːl/, U.S. /ˈsɛsˌpul/ Forms: 1600s cest-, 1800s sus-, sess-, 1700s– cesspool. Etymology: Of uncertain derivation. The form cesperalle has suggested connection or popular confusion, with suspiral n. breathing hole, air-hole, ventilator. The form cestpool , if genuine (compared with the dialect ‘cist , a cesspool’ in Halliwell) has suggested that the initial element may be a contraction of cestern , cistern n., or at least that it has at some time been associated by popular etymology with that word. Prof. Skeat compares the form suspool with the dialect words suss ‘hogwash’, soss ‘anything dirty or muddy’ (Halliwell); others have proposed derivation < cess n.⁴ bog. More suitable is that from Italian cesso privy ( < Latin secessus place of retirement, privy, drain), especially as this is also commonly used for cessino the solid contents of the cesso, ‘materie grosse che si cavano dalle cloache delle case, che servano per ingrasso dei terreni’ (La Crusca). The spelling sess-pool taken with the essential meaning of a ‘pool for the retention of sediment’, might indicate connection with Latin sedēre, sessum in sense ‘to sink, settle down’. But all these are merely suggestions, calling for further evidence. 1. A small well or excavation made in the bottom of a drain, under a grating, to collect and retain the sand or gravel carried by the stream. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > other types of drainage > pits cesspool1671 catch-pit1811 catch basin1855 soakpit1898 soakaway1916 soakway1956 a1660 N. Bacon Annalls of Ipswche (1884) 337 Cesperalle to be made for stopping of filthe by the brooke.] 1671 Act Common Council Lond. 27 Oct. ⁋5. 18 A Fall or Cestpool of convenient bigness shall be made..to every Grate of the Common Sewer..to receive the Sand or Gravel coming to the same, so to prevent the choaking thereof.1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 592/2 Sesspool, or Cesspool, a deep hole or well, under the mouth of a drain, for the reception of sediment, etc., by which the drain might be choked. 2. a. A well sunk to receive the soil from a water-closet, kitchen sink, etc.: properly one which retains the solid matter, and allows the liquid to escape.It is sometimes built dry, so that the water escapes by percolation through the joints of the stone or brickwork into the surrounding soil, or it is built in mortar, and a drain formed to carry off the surplus water from near the top of it. (Gwilt.) ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > sewage treatment > [noun] > use of cesspools or lagoons > cesspool or pit sink1413 midden pita1425 sinkhole1456 suspiralc1512 sentine1537 dung pit1598 muck pit1598 sinker1623 bumby1632 sump1680 sump hole1754 jaw-hole1760 recess1764 cesspool1783 dead-hole1856 soil-tank1861 cesspit1864 lagoon1909 sewage lagoon1930 1783 Philos. Trans. 1782 (Royal Soc.) 72 364 We estimated the fall of the drain, from the eastern sink..to its termination in the cess-pool..at two feet. 1815 T. I. M. Forster Res. Atmosph. Phænom. (ed. 2) iv. 150 The smell of drains and suspools. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. i. 15 The horrible stench of the..cesspools. 1860 G. W. S. Piesse Lab. Chem. Wonders 98 [It will] render harmless the most offensive cesspool or drain. b. (See quot.) ΚΠ 1871 Daily News 16 Dec. In Yorkshire effluvium-traps are frequently called cess-pools. 1883 F. de Chaumont Parkes's Man. Pract. Hygiene (ed. 6) i. x. 367 The common mason's or dip-trap..and the notorious D trap..both of which are simply cesspools. 3. figurative. (Cf. sink n.¹ 2, common sewer n. at sewer n.¹ 2a, etc.) ΚΠ 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. v. i. 288 The ‘Cesspool of Agio’, now in a time of Paper Money, works with a vivacity unexampled. 1864 Soc. Sci. Rev. 52 Australia refuses again to be made a moral cesspool for England. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. v. xviii. 331 Seneca..speaks of Rome as a cesspool of iniquity. Derivatives cesspoolage n. [compare drainage, sewerage] rare ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > provision of sewers > sewage treatment > [noun] > use of cesspools or lagoons cesspoolage1861 lagooning1911 1861 H. Mayhew London Labour (new ed.) II. 433/1 Two modes of removing the wet refuse of the metropolis..sewerage; and..cesspoolage... By the system of cesspoolage, the wet refuse of the household is collected in an adjacent tank, and when the reservoir is full, the contents are removed to some other part. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1671
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