Definitions
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- noun The
drainpipe that connects a roof-linegutter with the ground
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Examples
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The valve that is attached to the downpipe is a one way valve (like your PCV valve), only allowing flow OUT of the crankcase
NASIOC 2010
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Yellow police tape flapped in the breeze from a downpipe, bright against the blackened shell of the bar.
The Whisperers John Connolly 2010
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Yellow police tape flapped in the breeze from a downpipe, bright against the blackened shell of the bar.
The Whisperers John Connolly 2010
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The Mistle Thrush had built her nest on top of a downpipe, blocking the water's passage and causing the gutter to flood.
Archive 2009-06-01 Will 2009
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The Mistle Thrush had built her nest on top of a downpipe, blocking the water's passage and causing the gutter to flood.
DesignerBlog Will 2009
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It can be attached to the downpipe by using a rain diverter kit. via Arbroath
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We might be a day or so over schedule, if only because the boys took a day out to sort out the plumbing and the downpipe, which they hadn't bargained on having to do, and also because there is some question over when the sink, the oven and the dishwasher will be delivered.
May 19th, 2009 2009
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The nest was tucked away from the weather in the shade of the roof but it was so close to the downpipe the gutter flooded when it rained.
Archive 2009-06-01 Will 2009
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The half-wall's up, the wiring's done, and today the boys put in the window, entirely revised the drainage both in the kitchen and in the bathroom, and replaced the downpipe on the outside wall.
May 16th, 2009 2009
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The nest was tucked away from the weather in the shade of the roof but it was so close to the downpipe the gutter flooded when it rained.
DesignerBlog Will 2009
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