Drain tile


drain tile

[′drān ‚tīl] (building construction) A cylindrical tile with holes in the walls used at the base of a building foundation to carry away groundwater.

Drain tile

Pipe used at the bottom of foundation walls and footings to allow drainage of groundwater; typically made of terracotta with either a circular or hexagonal cross section.

drain tile

A hollow tile, usually laid end to end as piping (with open joints) in soil in order to drain water-saturated soil, or used to permit fluid in the hollow-tile pipe to disperse into the ground (as in an absorption field).