catch reservoirn.
/ˈkatʃ ˌrɛzəvwɑː/, U.S. /ˈkætʃ ˌrɛzə(r)ˌvwɑr/, /ˈkɛtʃ ˌrɛzə(r)ˌvwɑr/ 1. A natural or man-made lake, pool, etc., used to collect and store water, esp. one forming part of a water supply. Now somewhat rare.
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1849 Manch. Examiner & Times 11 Aug. 5/5 There is a large catch reservoir constructed for the use of the numerous mills that stud this valley.
1887 Daily News 4 July 3/4 To construct a catch reservoir and pump into it water from the springs.
1901 Surveyor & Munic. & County Engineer 24 May 634/2 The great aqueduct from Lake Vyrnwy..to Liverpool passes close to the town, 1 mile distant from which a catch reservoir and filter-beds have been constructed.
1972 Bluefield (W. Va.) Daily Tel. 27 June 6/4 The spring has a catch reservoir and the water is picked up from there down to an accumulator tank about 100 feet from the Walker property line.
2. In a machine or device: a reservoir used for catching overflow, spillage, etc.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > [noun] > for fluid > as part of some apparatus
reservoir1714
catchwater1875
catch reservoir1878
1878 Nature 25 July 349/1 Beyond A the tube is bent and a small catch reservoir is formed at B.
1923 U.S. Patent 1,476,949 4/1 Oil escaping into the catch reservoir will have [the] chance to settle before being drained back to the reservoir first mentioned.
1977 Pop. Sci. Auto Repair Man. I ii. v. 94/1 On most late-model cars, the coolant overflows into a catch reservoir.
2008 Techniques in Vascular & Interventional Radiol. 11 136/1 Specialized plastic endoscopy drapes..have a catch reservoir to catch the irrigant that comes out of the sheath.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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