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draintile

noun

Etymology

From drain + tile.

  1. derived from *(s)teg-✻ — “to cover”
  2. derived from tēgula
  3. inherited from *tigulǭ✻ — “tile, brick”
  4. inherited from *tigulā✻ — “tile, brick”
  5. inherited from tieġle
  6. inherited from tile
  7. compounded as draintile — “drain + tile”

Definitions

  1. A tile used in making drains, especially those beneath farm fields.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA