cesspipe

English

Etymology

Blend of cesspool +‎ pipe

Noun

cesspipe (plural cesspipes)

A pipe for carrying off waste water, etc., from a sink or cesspool.

References

Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Cesspipe”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes I (A–GAS), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.
“cesspipe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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