Synonyms for drainage

Grammar : Noun

Spell : drey-nij

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdreɪ nɪdʒ

Définition of drainage

Origin : 1650s, from drain + -age.

noun seepage

Example sentences :

A complete system of drainage is needed to render the work complete.
Extract from : « In the Heart of Vosges » by Matilda Betham-Edwards

But, as he turned, the drainage system that was robbing the field shut off.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various

Danger, from drainage of barns and barnyards, 137;from leachings from privies and cesspools, 138.
Extract from : « Rural Hygiene » by Henry N. Ogden

A similar statement may be made with reference to drainage mistakes.
Extract from : « Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. » by Various

In order to guard against this mistake, have faith in drainage.
Extract from : « Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 3, January 19, 1884. » by Various

The only drainage was a ditch cut around the mud-plots on which the huts were erected.
Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman

The commissioner of works had charge of drainage and irrigation works.
Extract from : « The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 » by Various

The drainage is perfect—all filth is immediately carried off (Fig. 11).
Extract from : « The Mother and Her Child » by William S. Sadler

Of natural sources of loss we have only one, and that is loss by drainage.
Extract from : « Manures and the principles of manuring » by Charles Morton Aikman

Proposals for its drainage were made by one of these engineers as far back as 1663.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 » by Various

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