offtake

[ awf-teyk, of- ]

noun

1. a pipe or passage for conducting smoke, a current of air, or the like, to an uptake or downtake.

Word History and Origins

Origin of offtake¹

First recorded in 1870–75; after verb phrase take off

Example Sentences

The cliff rose above them, a wall broken here and there by the offtake of narrow ravines, filled with forest trees.

From Project Gutenberg