culvert

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

Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

culvert

[′kəl·vərt]

(engineering)

A covered channel or a large-diameter pipe that takes a watercourse below ground level.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

culvert

A passage below ground level which permits the flow of water; often a large diameter metal or concrete pipe.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.