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noun
a drain or channel crossing under a road, sidewalk, etc.; sewer; conduit.
Origin:
1765–75; origin uncertain
1765–75; origin uncertain
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Culvert
is always a great word to know.
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culvert
1773, origin unknown, perhaps, as Weekley suggests, the name of a long-forgotten engineer or bridge-builder.
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