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culvertn. [Prob. from OF. coulouere, F. couloir, channel, gutter, gallery, fr. couler to flow. See Cullis.].
     A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge.  [1913 Webster]


culvert, n.
1 an underground channel carrying water across a road etc.
2 a channel for an electric cable.

18th c.: orig. unkn.



aqueduct, arroyo, bed, canal, creek bed, donga, dry bed, flume, gulch, gully, gullyhole, headrace, irrigation ditch, nullah, race, river bed, riverway, runnel, sluice, spillbox, spillway, stream bed, streamway, swash, swash channel, tailrace, wadi, water carrier, water channel, water furrow, water gap, water gate, watercourse, waterway, waterworks





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