irrigable, a.
(ˈɪrɪgəb(ə)l)
[f. L. irrigā-re to irrigate: see -ble: so mod.F. irrigable (Dict. Acad. 1878).]
Capable of being irrigated; susceptible of irrigation.
| 1844 Blackw. Mag. LVI. 193 To employ the irrigable land on the banks of the canal for agricultural purposes. 1895 Athenæum 14 Sept. 354/1 There is a considerable amount of irrigated country paying well, and an enormous amount of country easily irrigable. |
Hence ˈirrigably adv., so as to be irrigable.
| 1893 Scribner's Mag. XIII. 94/1 A ribbon of irrigably level land. |