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Definition of Soakaway
1. Noun. A deep hole used for drainage, where rainwater and other waste water drains directly into the ground, without connection to any mains drainage or sewerage pipes. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Soakaway
1. a depression into which water percolates [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soakaway
Literary usage of Soakaway
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Magazine by John Scott, John Taylor (1823)
"... o'er which drunken Lord soakaway broke his neck." " More need to take care of
the right hand," said a plurality of tongues, " where if ye miss a foot, ..."
2. Sessional Papers (1901)
"Houses provided with privies, or, in some cases, earth closets and soakaway
cesspools, which in many cases are ne-ir wells. Several instances observed of a ..."
3. National Service Library edited by Charles Evans Kilbourne (1917)
"Every now and then some one stumbles into a soakaway for rainwater or swears at
a soft place, or somebody blunders into the man in front of him. ..."
4. Mr. Britling Sees it Through by Herbert George Wells (1916)
"Every now and then some one stumbles into a soakaway for rainwater or swears at
a soft place, or somebody blunders into the man in front of him. ..."
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