Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To drain with, tiles, as land.
- noun In agriculture, a drain constructed of tiles.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To drain by means of tiles; to furnish with a tile drain.
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Examples
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A poorly laid tile-drain and a properly graded tile-drain 239
The First Book of Farming Charles Landon Goodrich
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If there is reason to apprehend this, an open ditch might be added to the header; or, if this is not considered sufficiently scientific or in good taste, a tile-drain of sufficient capacity may be laid, with the ditch above it carefully packed with small stones to the top of the ground.
Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles Henry Flagg French
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A tile-drain needs no addition of stone above the pipe; indeed, the stone may be a positive injury, as harboring field vermin, or, if allowed to come within two feet of the surface, as obstructing deep tillage, and favoring the access of particles of soil upon or into the tile with the rapid access of water which they promote.
Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles Henry Flagg French
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How long a properly laid tile-drain of hard-burnt tiles will endure, has not been definitely ascertained, but it is believed that it will outlast the life of him who lays it.
Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles Henry Flagg French
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Cross-section of a pole-drain and of a tile-drain 238 85.
The First Book of Farming Charles Landon Goodrich
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Since the lawn cannot be refitted, however, the subsoil is likely to fall back into a hard-pan in a few years if it has been subsoiled or trenched, whereas a good tile-drain affords a permanent amelioration of the under soil.
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The tile-drain, at a depth of three feet, will remove all subsoil water from under the walk, and all that may be delivered into the loosely filled trench at its side.
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A well laid tile-drain has the following essential characteristics: — 1.
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Figure 2 shows the cross section of a country road thirty feet wide, with three lines of tile-drain laid at a depth of about three feet below it.
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_ Cross-section of a tile-drain.] [Illustration: FIG.
The First Book of Farming Charles Landon Goodrich
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