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field drain

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noun

  1. an underground earthenware pipe used for draining fields

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He also said we should lay tile field drain through the bottom of the pond to the ditch every fifty feet over the entire field.

From Hidden Treasure by John Thomas Simpson

A highly-strung youth, crouching in a field drain, has laid his hand upon what looks and feels like a clammy human face, lying recumbent and staring heavenward.

From The First Hundred Thousand by Ian Hay

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