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English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. ... drain spout, drainpipe, [2] roof drain pipe, [3] ... The dictionary definition of downspout at Wiktionary
A drain cover is a cover with holes (e.g. a manhole) or a grating used to cover a drain, to prevent unwanted entry of foreign objects, or injury to people or animals. It allows drainage of liquids but prevents entry from large solid objects, and thus acts as a coarse filter. A sink drain cover is a drain cover used to cover the sink drain.
Roman roofs used lead in conduits and drain pipes [14] and some were also covered with lead. Lead was also used for piping and for making baths. [15] Plumbing reached its early apex in ancient Rome, which saw the introduction of expansive systems of aqueducts, tile wastewater removal, and widespread use of lead pipes.
A culvert under the Vistula river levee and a street in Warsaw. Construction or installation at a culvert site generally results in disturbance of the site's soil, stream banks, or stream bed, and can result in the occurrence of unwanted problems such as scour holes or slumping of banks adjacent to the culvert structure.
A diagram of a traditional French drain. A French drain [1] (also known by other names including trench drain, blind drain, [1] rubble drain, [1] and rock drain [1]) is a trench filled with gravel or rock, or both, with or without a perforated pipe that redirects surface water and groundwater away from an area.
High-density polyethylene pipe installation in a storm drain project, Mexico. Drainage is the natural or artificial removal of a surface's water and sub-surface water from an area with excess water. The internal drainage of most agricultural soils can prevent severe waterlogging (anaerobic conditions that harm root growth), but many soils need ...
water mains, the principal underground pipe for conveying water to residential and business properties major (in the past, in English public schools) used to denote the eldest of two or more pupils with the same surname ("Bloggs major") (US: Sr.) important or significant (n.) rank between captain and lieutenant colonel in the army and marines.
Geoffrey Drain (1918–1993), British trade union leader; Gershwin A. Drain (born 1949), American federal judge; Jim Drain (born 1975), American artist; Job Henry Charles Drain (1895–1975), English recipient of the Victoria Cross; Lauren Drain (born 1985), American author; Robert D. Drain (born c. 1957), American judge; Sammy Drain (1945 ...