U-bend

British  

noun

1. a U-shaped bend in a pipe or drain that traps water in the lower part of the U and prevents the escape of noxious fumes or vapours; trap

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U-bend

There is no way the water companies delivering that can now get around the U-bend and go backwards.

From BBC ● Mar. 15, 2022

Many “adult” wipes carry the tag “flushable”, a description which means that they will likely get around the U-bend, but not that they will biodegrade in the sewer.

From The Guardian ● Feb. 4, 2018

While we've moved on alphabetically from the S-bend to the U-bend, flushing toilets still deploy the same insight.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2017

Their house is in the U-bend of a crescent, on the edge of a suburban housing estate, overlooking a wooded conservation area to the Pacific Ocean beyond.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 21, 2015

U-bend around those of the floor and wall slabs, and penetrating the latter only from 8 to 12 in.

From Some Mooted Questions in Reinforced Concrete Design American Society of Civil Engineers, Transactions, Paper No. 1169, Volume LXX, Dec. 1910 by Edward Godfrey