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Definition of Drainpipe
1. Noun. A pipe through which liquid is carried away.
Specialized synonyms: Culvert, Scupper, Cloaca, Sewer, Sewerage, Soil Pipe, Trap
Generic synonyms: Pipage, Pipe, Piping
Derivative terms: Drain, Drain
Definition of Drainpipe
1. n. A pipe used for carrying off surplus water.
Definition of Drainpipe
1. Noun. A pipe connecting the drain to the gutter ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drainpipe
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drainpipe
Literary usage of Drainpipe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases Affecting by Frank Cyrus Smith, Thomas Johnson Michie, United States Courts, Great Britain Courts, Canada Courts (1902)
"The drainpipe was not used for, and was known to be unfit to be used as, a grab
iron; but plaintiff had used the one on the opposite side 300 times, ..."
2. Lowell, a City of Spindles by Lowell (Mass.). Trades and Labor Council (1900)
"Two or more air pipes may be connected together or with a drainpipe; but in every
case of connection with a drainpipe such connection shall be above the ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1910)
"Plaintiff is informed and believes that the direct and proximate cause of his
injury was as follows: The cold weather had caused the drainpipe to freeze up, ..."
4. Eastern Nights by Alan John Bott (1919)
"the top of the flimsy drainpipe was severed from the roof by his weight, ...
An excited group collected round the portion of the drainpipe which was lying ..."
5. The Household Monitor of Health by John Harvey Kellogg (1891)
"A still better way is to connect the drainpipe with the chimney or stovepipe, by
means of a pipe of suitable size. This will secure ventilation of the drain ..."
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