underdrain

[ noun uhn-der-dreyn; verb uhn-der-dreyn ]

noun

a drain placed beneath the surface of cultivated fields, streets, etc.

verb (used with object)

to equip or supply with an underdrain or underdrains.

Origin of underdrain

First recorded in 1795–1805; under- + drain

Words Nearby underdrain

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How to use underdrain in a sentence

I would urge no farmer to plunge up to his neck into debt in order to underdrain his farm.
What I know of farming: | Horace Greeley

British Dictionary definitions for underdrain

underdrain

noun(ˈʌndəˌdreɪn)

a drain buried below agricultural land

verb(ˌʌndəˈdreɪn)

to bury such drains below (agricultural land)

Derived forms of underdrain

underdrainage, noun

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