underdrainage

[ uhn-der-drey-nij ]

noun

1. drainage of agricultural lands and removal of excess water and of alkali by drains buried beneath the surface.

Word History and Origins

Origin of underdrainage¹

First recorded in 1800–10; under- + drainage

Example Sentences

Underdrainage helps to prevent such ill-effect of continued rains in the early part of a plant's life-time.

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Underdrainage should be permanent in its character, and it is essential that every piece of tile be sound and well-burned.

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Permanency Desired.—The expense of underdrainage demands care in every detail of the work.

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Our present interest is in the wet fields of the farm,—the cold, wet soil of an entire field, the swale lying between areas of well-drained land, the side of a field kept wet by seepage from higher land,—and here the right solution of the troubling problem lies in underdrainage.

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Almost without fail will he become an earnest advocate of underdrainage.

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