Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An inclosure surrounding a well to prevent persons from falling into it; a well-curb.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Arch.) An inclosure surrounding a well to prevent persons from falling into it; a well curb.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun architecture An enclosure around a well to prevent people from falling into it.

Etymologies

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Latin, from puteus well.

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