Back vent

back vent

[′bak ‚vent] (civil engineering) An individual vent for a plumbing fixture located on the downstream (sewer) side of a trap to protect the trap against siphonage.

Back vent

A pipe for ventilating purposes, attached to a waste pipe on the sewer side of its trap to prevent the siphoning of waste.

back vent

back vent An individual vent for a plumbing fixture located on the downstream (sewer) side of a trap, 1 to protect the trap against siphonage.