soakaway
(ˈsəʊkəweɪ)
Also soak-away.
[f. soak v. + away adv.]
A pit, usu. filled with hard-core, into which water or other liquids may flow and from which they may percolate slowly into the surrounding subsoil.
| 1916 H. G. Wells Mr. Britling ii. iv. 331 Every now and then someone stumbles into a soakaway for rain⁓water. 1928 Daily Express 31 May 5/3 Be sure to find out if your kitchen sink drains to a ‘soak-away’. If it does, you must not let much water go down it, but throw out washing-up water and suchlike on the garden. 1951 Archit. Rev. CIX. 291 The drainage system..consists of a series of septic tanks for soil drains and soakaways for stormwater. 1976 Sunday Times (Lagos) 26 Sept. 4/3 He says he can as well repair blocked soak-aways or any job a qualified plumber can do. |