DRAINAGE

drain, drainage

(noun) emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

drainage (countable and uncountable, plural drainages)

A natural or artificial removal of fluid from a given area by its draining away.

A system of drains.

Anagrams

• gardenia

Source: Wiktionary

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Drain"age, n.

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

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

3. (Engin.)

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

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

5. (Surg.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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