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Definition of Sand trap

1. Noun. A hazard on a golf course.

Definition of Sand trap

1. Noun. A sand filled hollow, on a golf course, used as a hazard; a bunker ¹

2. Noun. (architecture) A basin that prevents the passage of sand etc into a drainage system ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sand Trap

Literary usage of Sand trap

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

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"With the pulp a certain amount of water is allowed to How on to the sand trap so as to dilute it sufficiently to form on the wire-cloth of face of a ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"a "sand trap"—an essential part of a city's sewerage drainage system—for the ... While the men cleaning out this sand trap were employés of the board of ..."

3. Irrigation Practice and Engineering by Bernard Alfred Etcheverry (1916)
"SAND-TRAP TYPE OF STRUCTURE sand trap and Escape Gates on the Amity Canal, Colorado (Fig. 78 and Plate IX, Fig. A).—This structure, built in 1905, ..."

4. Road Making and Maintenance: A Practical Treatise for Engineers, Surveyors by Thomas Aitken (1900)
"—Gust iron sand trap or gull}1. of trap for such a situation, ... sand trap with three inlets. iron hinged grating dished out to admit of the water from the ..."

5. A practical treatise on the manufacture of paper in all its branches by Carl Hofmann (1873)
"The only safe place seems to be the ascent to the roll, and on it we find it usually located. The lowest point of the cavity F, covered by the sand trap, ..."

6. Road Making and Maintenance: A Practical Treatise for Engineers, Surveyors by Thomas Aitken (1900)
"This class of gully or sand trap is shown in fig. 23. When one road crosses another, it often happens that two or more drains have to be connected to one ..."

7. Road Making and Maintenance: A Practical Treatise for Engineers, Surveyors by Thomas Aitken (1900)
"This class of gully or sand trap is shown in tig. 23. .) When one road crosses another, it often happens that two or more drains have to be connected to one ..."

8. Railway Engineer by Railway Division (1908)
"The sand trap a intended for use on locomotives, has a rota- table spindle b mounted longitudinally and parallel with the aperture or passage c which ..."

9. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"With the pulp a certain amount of water is allowed to How on to the sand trap so as to dilute it sufficiently to form on the wire-cloth of face of a ..."

10. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"a "sand trap"—an essential part of a city's sewerage drainage system—for the ... While the men cleaning out this sand trap were employés of the board of ..."

11. Irrigation Practice and Engineering by Bernard Alfred Etcheverry (1916)
"SAND-TRAP TYPE OF STRUCTURE sand trap and Escape Gates on the Amity Canal, Colorado (Fig. 78 and Plate IX, Fig. A).—This structure, built in 1905, ..."

12. Road Making and Maintenance: A Practical Treatise for Engineers, Surveyors by Thomas Aitken (1900)
"—Gust iron sand trap or gull}1. of trap for such a situation, ... sand trap with three inlets. iron hinged grating dished out to admit of the water from the ..."

13. A practical treatise on the manufacture of paper in all its branches by Carl Hofmann (1873)
"The only safe place seems to be the ascent to the roll, and on it we find it usually located. The lowest point of the cavity F, covered by the sand trap, ..."

14. Road Making and Maintenance: A Practical Treatise for Engineers, Surveyors by Thomas Aitken (1900)
"This class of gully or sand trap is shown in fig. 23. When one road crosses another, it often happens that two or more drains have to be connected to one ..."

15. Road Making and Maintenance: A Practical Treatise for Engineers, Surveyors by Thomas Aitken (1900)
"This class of gully or sand trap is shown in tig. 23. .) When one road crosses another, it often happens that two or more drains have to be connected to one ..."

16. Railway Engineer by Railway Division (1908)
"The sand trap a intended for use on locomotives, has a rota- table spindle b mounted longitudinally and parallel with the aperture or passage c which ..."

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