downcomer

American

[daun-kuhm-er] / ˈdaʊnˌkʌm ər /

noun

a pipe, tube, or passage for conducting fluid materials downward.

downcomer British

/ ˈdaʊnˌkʌmə /

noun

Also called: downcome. a pipe that connects a cistern to a WC, wash basin, etc

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Etymology

Origin of downcomer

First recorded in 1865–70; down ¹ + comer

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But I dreaded to be found eating, alone in that vast room, by the first downcomer.

From Seven Men by Sir Max Beerbohm

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