soakaway
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See also: soak away
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
soakaway (plural soakaways)
- (chiefly UK) A deep hole used for drainage, where rainwater and other wastewater drains directly into the ground, without connection to any mains drainage or sewerage pipes.
- 1916, H. G. Wells, chapter 9, in Mr. Britling Sees It Through:
- These trenches, you know, are much deeper than one's height; you don't see anything. It's like walking along a mud-walled passage. Every now and then some one stumbles into a soakaway for rainwater.
Related terms[edit]
- soak away (verb)
References[edit]
- “soakaway”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.