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catch-basin en · NOUN
Meanings
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A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matter that would not pass readily through the sewer.
There has been expended, during the year, in the three districts, for repairs of sewers and catch basins, for altering man holes and catch basin covers to suit changes of grade of the streets[…]
1862, Chicago City, Annual Report of the Board of Public Works to the Common Council:
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Synonyms
catchpit · storm drain