单词 | pipe drain |
释义 | pipe drainn. A pipe used to drain agricultural land or (in later use also) to convey waste water away from a house. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > other types of drainage > specific type pipe drain1766 air drainage1816 well drain1818 sheep drain1844 pipe drainage1851 dead well1859 mole ditch1860 dumb well1878 1766 C. Varlo Treat. Agric. (new ed.) II. xxvii. 215 This is the time..to make small surface and pipe drains..ready to take off the water when it comes. 1797 J. Johnstone Acct. most Approved Mode Draining Land Contents p. xv. Of sod or pipe drains. 1825 Edinb. Advertiser 24 June 4 The extensive meadow of Feorline has been completely drained by pipe drains, and top dressed. 1861 All Year Round 3 Aug. 454/1 The earthenware pipe drain—I am bound to say, the very defective pipe drainage—of a house. 1884 Cent. Mag. Nov. 47/1 The large pipe drains with wide joints, often with fractures giving access to vermin. 1907 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 70 311 Pipe-drains were now substituted, the pipes being manufactured outside the place altogether by a different set of men. 1990 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 329 411/1 Drainage of agricultural fields by furrows, ditches and pipe drains is a common measure to remove excess water. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1766 |
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