| 单词 | common sewer |
| 释义 | > as lemmascommon sewer common sewer n. a drain through which all or a large part of the sewage of a town passes, a main drain collecting and discharging the contents of auxiliary drains. Cf. shore n.4The development of this sense (c1600) is probably due to the fact that the drainage of towns near tidal rivers had come under the control of the commissioners of sewers. See Act 3 Jas. I, c. 14 (1606).Technically, ‘sewer’ is distinguished from ‘drain’, the latter being restricted to channels used ‘for the Drainage of one Building only or Premises within the same Curtilage’ (Act. 11 & 12 Vict. c. 112 §147).extracted from sewern.1< as lemmas |
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