Meanings
noundrainage pipe (plural drainage pipes)
plural drainage pipes
- A conduit for the removal of water or waste water.
Four fixed windows are fitted on the corridor side of the body and nine louvred air intakes on the opposite side. Rubber water drainage pipes are taken from these, and from the pantograph roof well, down the inside of the body.
1960 February 28, “High-Voltage Electric Locomotive for British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 125
Translations
Danish drænrør
- drænrørconduit for removal of water
Finnish poistoputki
- poistoputkiconduit for removal of water
Hebrew אביק
- אביק (avik)conduit for removal of water
Norwegian Bokmål dreneringsrør
- dreneringsrørconduit for removal of water
Spanish tubo de drenaje
- tubo de drenajeconduit for removal of water
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