Definition of Cesspools

1. Noun. (plural of cesspool) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cesspools

1. cesspool [n] - See also: cesspool

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cesspools

cessile
cessing
cession
cessionaries
cessionary
cessions
cessment
cessments
cessor
cessors
cesspipe
cesspipes
cesspit
cesspits
cesspool
cesspools (current term)
cesstibtantite
cesta
cestas
cesti
cestoda
cestode
cestode infections
cestodes
cestodiasis
cestoi
cestoid
cestoidean
cestoideans
cestoids

Literary usage of Cesspools

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Treatment and Utilisation of Sewage by William Henry Corfield (1887)
"At Rugby, where the condition of the cesspools has already been described, the wells are dug in the same gravel as, and generally within 5 to 10 feet of, ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Building and Buildings: Especially Referring to by Augustus Parlett Lloyd (1893)
"The subject of Drains, Sewers, cesspools, and Percolations is one of so much importance in building operations that it has been deemed advisable to ..."

3. The Water Supply, Sewerage and Plumbing of Modern City Buildings by William Paul Gerhard (1909)
"cesspools. — The sewage from hospital buildings shall not be discharged into cesspools or into surface ditches. cesspools of all kinds are objectionable ..."

4. Hygiene and public health by Louis Coltman Parkes (1889)
"cesspools.—These receptacles for filth are so evidently undesirable in the neighbourhood of houses, that it is the practice now in nearly all towns to fill ..."

5. Sanitary Arrangements for Dwellings: Intended for the Use of Officers of by William Eassie (1874)
"THERE is not much difference between the uses to which cesspools are put, but there are a few variations, nevertheless, in their mode of construction. ..."

6. The Disposal of Household Wastes by William Paul Gerhard (1890)
"Occasionally such cesspools are built \v-ith the sides solid, leaving only ... TIGHT cesspools.—Passing over now to the consideration of tight cesspools, ..."

7. State and County School Administration by Ellwood Patterson Cubberley, Edward Charles Elliott (1922)
"[cesspools permitted.] Tight or leaching cesspools may be used to receive ... [cesspools prohibited.] Xo cesspools for sewage shall be constructed where a ..."

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