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cul⋅vert
[kuhl-vert] 
–noun
| a drain or channel crossing under a road, sidewalk, etc.; sewer; conduit. |
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1765–75; orig. uncert.
1765–75; orig. uncert.
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| cul·vert (kŭl'vərt) n.
[Origin unknown.] |
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Culvert
Cul"vert\ (k?l"v?rt), n. [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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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culvert
1773, origin unknown, perhaps, as Weekley suggests, the name of a long-forgotten engineer or bridge-builder.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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