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well point

[ wel-point ]

noun

, Engineering, Building Trades.
  1. a perforated tube driven into the ground to collect water from the surrounding area so that it can be pumped away, as to prevent an excavation from filling with groundwater.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of well point1

First recorded in 1940–45; well 2 + point

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