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单词 mole drain
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mole drainn.

Brit. /ˈməʊl dreɪn/, U.S. /ˈmoʊl ˌdreɪn/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mole n.3, drain n.
Etymology: < mole n.3 + drain n. Compare earlier mole-drain v., mole-draining n.
A small subterranean drain made in agricultural land by a mole plough.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > other types of drainage
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riggot?1746
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land-drain1767
pipe-draining1776
surface draining1777
fox1784
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soughing1808
acequia1811
well-draining1818
tile-draining1830
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plug-draining1833
land-drainage1841
land-draining1841
mole-draining1842
trough gutter1856
mole-ditching1860
mole drainage1860
tile-drainagea1865
well point1867
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storm sewer1887
moling1943
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storm drain1960
1804 A. Young Farmer's Cal. 568 The mole drain-plough with wheel and roller, 6.0.0.
1806 W. Marshall On Managem. Landed Estates i. 119 Mole Drains. An implement has lately been invented, to form small pipe drains, a foot or more beneath the surface; by the means of a thick iron spike, pin, or bolt, drawn horizontally, at that depth.
1846 Newcastle Courant 8 May 8/3 One field..had a small rivulet running across the bottom, into which the Mole drains emptied themselves.
1859 Davenport (Iowa) Daily Gaz. 15 Oct. 2/2 Among the various reports of fairs I have not seen any mention of a mole drain machine I saw at Zanesville, at the Ohio State Fair.
1861 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1859–60 4 249 These mole-drains may be cut either in the gang, or by the plows.
1939 Florida: Guide to Southernmost State (Federal Writers' Project) iii. 476Mole-drains’, 3 feet deep, are connected with the field ditches to control the height of the water table.
1957 E. Blunden Poems of Many Years 280 Waters drawn together From gully and moledrain by contour, chance and weather.
1986 C. Culpin Farm Machinery (ed. 11) xxii. 372/2 Mole drains work best in the first five years of their life.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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