What does "drainage" mean?
Drainage: The mode in which the waters of a country pass off by its streams and rivers.
Additional senses
- 2.(Engin.) The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works.
- 3.Area or district drained; as, the drainage of the Po, the Thames, etc. Latham.
- 4.(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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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