Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A channel cut to convey the surplus water from a reservoir or an aqueduct, and prevent overflow. Also called
by-lead .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The outlet from a dam or reservoir; also, a cut to divert the flow of water.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
outlet from adam orreservoir . - noun A
cut todivert theflow ofwater .
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Examples
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Bilberry reservoir at Holmfirth, near Huddersfield, which had never been filled previous to the day of its failure, and arose from the dam having sunk, and being allowed to remain at a level actually below that of the by-wash; so that when the storm occurred, the dam was topped and destroyed.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 Various
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The by-wash is cut in the solid rock altogether clear of the dam; the outlet culverts, however, are carried under the bank.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 Various
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The by-wash is 6 ft. below the crest, which is about the average difference.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 Various
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The profile was calculated from Delocre's formula, and was correct in this respect, supposing the by-wash to have been sufficient.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 Various
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The height of the dam was 116.7 ft. and was provided with a by-wash of 394 ft. in length, and outlets for irrigation formed by four cast iron pipes of 31½ in. diameter through the dam.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 Various
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The water by-wash is 7 ft. below the crest, and the dam is 26 ft. broad at the crest and 216 ft. at the base.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 Various
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It is built on the curve to a radius of 440 ft., and the length of the dam measured along the crest is 546 ft., of which 197 ft. is by-wash, thus describing nearly one-fifth of a circle, and consequently well designed to resist pressure.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 Various
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The embankment had scarcely been completed when, on March 11, 1864, a storm of rain came on and nearly filled it up to the by-wash, when the bank began slowly to subside.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 Various
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The sandbank now showed as an isolated patch about two hundred yards wide and perhaps half a mile long, with what looked like a by-wash channel of about one hundred yards wide flowing between it and the mainland, the latter being a sandy beach backed by sand dunes clothed with a rank creeper-like vegetation, and a few stunted tree tops showing behind them.
A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron Harry Collingwood 1886
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Immediately within the embankment, on the right side of the streamlet, is the empty tower or by-wash, that dismal monument of culpable negligence.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 440 Volume 17, New Series, June 5, 1852 Various 1841
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