spillway

English

Etymology

spill +‎ way

Noun

spillway (plural spillways)

1. A path designed to take away overflow safely.
   • 1993, Loren Runar Anderson, Geotechnical practice in dam rehabilitation:

     Absence of filtered undrains beneath spillways or behind walls.

   • 2023 May 31, “Feature Pictorial”, in RAIL, number 984, page 57, photo caption:

     On February 24, 319379 crosses the wrought-iron Carr Mill Viaduct with Northern's 1515 Liverpool Lime Street-Wigan North Western service, viewed from a spillway for the reservoir.