land-drain

The arrangement of the sub-irrigation pipes is easily made: Suppose that in land having an inclination of about one in two hundred, occupied by grass or other growth, a trench be dug twelve inches deep, that there be laid upon the bottom of this trench a narrow strip of plank to insure a uniform grade, and that upon this plank is laid a line of common agricultural land-drain tiles, say two inches in diameter.

Village Improvements and Farm Villages 1865

Wherever it is, or may probably become, necessary to attach a house-drain or land-drain, there should be used a length of pipe having

Village Improvements and Farm Villages 1865

Simon is jogging hitherwards toward Roger Acton, as he digs the land-drain across this marshy meadow: let us see how it fares now with our poor hero.

The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper Martin Farquhar Tupper 1849

There were several people, old and young, enjoying an evening bath; and, after ordering the car to be got ready, Mr Inglis and the boys strolled back and watched the waves come tumbling in upon the beach or rush up the opening that led into the great land-drain -- an opening that was staked on each side in the shape of a cage-work tunnel, and ran down for some distance into the sea on the one hand, and right under the great sea-bank on the other.

Hollowdell Grange Holiday Hours in a Country Home George Manville Fenn 1870