well point

American  

[wel-point] / ˈwɛl ˌpɔɪnt /

Also wellpoint

noun

Engineering, Building Trades.

1. a perforated tube driven into the ground to collect water from the surrounding area so that it can be pumped away, as to prevent an excavation from filling with groundwater.

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Etymology

Origin of well point

First recorded in 1940–45; well ² + point

Example Sentences

That he did may well point to Lock starting against Dallas.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2022

So the defenders of Beijing might well point to his work to show that there is nothing new about using the state as a principal instrument to accelerate economic development and innovation.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2019

Over over over: Since this game is being played in Vegas, might as well point this out.

From Washington Post • May 28, 2018

But she’s missing the stiletto emoji’s, well, point.

From Slate • Oct. 24, 2017

And so he died, an impoverished outcast, leaving to posterity a name which befits, if it cannot adorn, a tale, and may well point a moral.

From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 by Various