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

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

The real reason, most probably, was to distance himself from the poison, which he had efficiently tipped down the bathroom U-bend.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 6, 2016

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

It has its own jargon, and while you may not know the exact difference between a J-bend and a U-bend pipe, you can roughly figure out what they mean.

From Forbes ● Oct. 27, 2014

They shot out into the main stream, where the U-bend channel joined the short-cut, and it looked miles wide to the exhausted puncher.

From Bar-20 Days by Mulford, Clarence Edward