water main
See also: watermain
English edit
Noun edit
water main (plural water mains)
- The principal pipe, usually underground, for conveying water to residential and business properties.
- 1960 June, “Talking of Trains: Sunday on the G.N. line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 322:
- Helpston: Removal and replacement of rails on the main line; also the erection of a gantry to carry a water main across the railway.
Translations edit
principal underground pipe for municipal water delivery
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