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Definition culvert
Etymology
Obscure. A number of possibilities have been suggested: 1) a dialectal word; 2) a word related to the name of the now-forgotten inventor; 3) a derivation from Tamil ????????? (kalve??u, “inscription”) (??? (kal, “stone”) + ?????? (ve??u, “cut”) cut stone), a Tamil term for a carved stone bridge allowing passage of a stream below; 4) a derivation of French couvert (“covered”), although couvert is not used in this sense and the French translation of culvert is "ponceau" or "buse de drainage"; and 5) a derivation from an unrecorded Dutch word, possibly *coul-vaart, equivalent to coul- from French -- compare couler (“to flow”) + vaart (“a trip by boat, a canal”).
Noun
culvert (plural culverts)
- A transverse channel under a road or railway for the draining of water.
Verb
culvert (third-person singular simple present culverts, present participle culverting, simple past and past participle culverted)
- To channel (a stream of water) through a culvert.
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