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culvert

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cul⋅vert

  [kuhl-vert]
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–noun
a drain or channel crossing under a road, sidewalk, etc.; sewer; conduit.
Origin:
1765–75; orig. uncert.
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cul·vert   (kŭl'vərt)   
n.  

  1. A sewer or drain crossing under a road or embankment.

    1. The part of a road or embankment that passes over such a sewer or drain.

    2. The channel or conduit for such a sewer or drain.


[Origin unknown.]
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Word Origin & History

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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