catch basin

noun

1. a receptacle, located where a street gutter opens into a sewer, designed to retain matter that would not readily pass through the sewer.

catch basin

noun

1. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): catch pit. a pit in a drainage system in which matter that might otherwise block a sewer is collected so that it may periodically be removed

Word History and Origins

Origin of catch basin¹

First recorded in 1870–75