catchdrain

English

Etymology

catch +‎ drain

Noun

catchdrain (plural catchdrains)

1. A ditch or drain along the side of a hill or canal, to catch the surface water.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “catchdrain”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)