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culvert

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culvert
1. a drain or covered channel that crosses under a road, railway, etc.
2. a channel for an electric cable
3. a tunnel through which water is pumped into or out of a dry dock
culvert [′kəl·vərt]
(engineering)
A covered channel or a large-diameter pipe that takes a watercourse below ground level.
culvert
A passage below ground level which permits the flow of water; often a large diameter metal or concrete pipe.
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It had always been my custom to stand when in his presence; even at the council board, except upon those rare occasions when the sitting was a very long one, extending over hours; then I had a trifling little backless thing which was like a reversed culvert and was as comfortable as the toothache.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
His nose has been broken at some time or other, and is arched like a culvert now.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
As I drew nearer I perceived he was dressed in clothes as dusty and filthy as my own; he looked, indeed, as though he had been dragged through a culvert.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
 
 
 
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