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/drˈeɪnədʒ/ /drˈeɪnɪdʒ/ Listen

noun

Drainage n.

A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid; also, that which flows out of a drain.

The mode in which the waters of a country pass off by its streams and rivers.

(Engin.) The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works.

Area or district drained; as, the drainage of the Po, the Thames, etc.

(Surg.) The act, process, or means of drawing off the pus or fluids from a wound, abscess, etc.

Drainage tube (Surg.), a tube introduced into a wound, etc., to draw off the discharges.

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Etymology of 'Drainage'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Drainage" Quotes from Famous Books

... working to raise from myriads burdens of poverty, care, ceaseless and fruitless toil, under the pressure of which all higher aspiration is wellnigh impossible. Sanitary reform in itself may mean nothing more than better drainage, fresher air, freer light, more abundant water: to the "Governor among the nations" it means lessened impossibility that men should ...

— The Ethics of George Eliot's Works • John Crombie Brown

... and diphtheria germs, and that an epidemic is already ravaging this place. As a matter of fact, the only case of illness of any kind in this town at present is a patient brought over from Slushborough in the last stage of blood-poisoning, owing to the defective drainage system there, and who, in this salubrious and invigorating ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 99, July 5, 1890 • Various

... Wherever a rise is necessary, a drain should be installed. All main headers and important branches should end in a drop leg and each such drop leg and any low points in the system should be connected to the drainage pump. A similar connection should be made to every fitting where there is danger of a ...

— Steam, Its Generation and Use • Babcock & Wilcox Co.

... and the borough of Hythe. Each of these bodies is by way of being a tramway authority, each is at liberty to secure powers to set up generating stations and supply electricity, each is a water authority, and each does its own little drainage, and the possibilities of friction and litigation are endless. The four places constitute an urban area greatly in need of organized intercommunication, but the four authorities have never been able to agree upon a scheme; and now Folkestone ...

— Mankind in the Making • H. G. Wells

... to Southern women. The Legislature had passed a bill permitting tax-paying women to vote at any election where special taxes were to be imposed for improvements, and the first election following the passage of this bill was one in New Orleans, in which the question of better drainage for the city was before the public. Miss Gordon and the suffrage association known as the Era Club entered enthusiastically into the fight for good drainage. According to the law women could vote by proxy ...

— The Story of a Pioneer - With The Collaboration Of Elizabeth Jordan • Anna Howard Shaw

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