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Catch-Basin
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matters which would not pass readily through the sewer.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Catch-Basin'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/catch-basin.html. 1828.