water butt
- a barrel for collecting rainwater, esp from a drainpipe
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Historical Examples of water butt
He ducked a proctor in a water-butt and the dons were very cross about it.
Changing WindsSt. John G. Ervine
Sista, Gubblum, if you don't take that word back I'll—I'll throw you into the water-butt!
A Son of HagarSir Hall Caine
I could drown you in the water-butt, my poor cat—oh, so easily.
The Magic WorldEdith Nesbit
We must have a rope or two; then we must take off our clogs, and climb up by the water-butt.
Frank OldfieldT.P. Wilson
It was the aperture between the two great barrels—the brandy-cask and the water-butt.
The Boy TarMayne Reid