catch-basins

All three areas function as catch-basins for cold air during the winter and have lower minimum temperatures than Ecoregion 9e.

Ecoregions of Oregon (EPA) 2009

It consisted of enormous voids of stone catch-basins sometimes surrounded by stone posts, with monumental effrontery.

Les Miserables 2008

Melt-water running down the streets and carefully avoiding the catch-basins of The Sewer Project From Hell.

Global warming jhetley 2006

Bare grass showing in the lawns and lakes gathering around frozen catch-basins.

Kiss the skiing goodbye jhetley 2005

The connecting of the water pipes and the laying of the sewer was done by a local plumber for $50; the drain-pipe and sewer-pipe cost $112; and the three catch-basins, bricked up and covered with two-inch plank, cost $63.

The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm John Williams Streeter

With catch-basins placed in the center of the blocks, or, if the blocks are long, at some distance from the crossing, the intersections can be kept relatively high and dry.

Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) 1906

It has been customary to locate catch-basins for receiving the surface water at street intersections.

Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) 1906

It was not as beautiful as on the occasion of my other visit; the projecting ledge of rock had little water dripping, and in the round catch-basins, which formerly were filled with fresh, clear water, there was scarcely any; on account of the unusual dryness, the ferns were wilted, and there was little of that beauty and freshness which so delighted me before.

In Indian Mexico (1908) Frederick Starr 1895

It consisted of enormous voids of stone catch-basins sometimes surrounded by stone posts, with monumental effrontery.

Les Miserables, Volume V, Jean Valjean 1862

It consisted of enormous voids of stone catch-basins sometimes surrounded by stone posts, with monumental effrontery.

Les Misérables Victor Hugo 1843