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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

2 entries under this word

Well-drain

Wĕll'-drāin, n.

noun

n. 1. A drain or vent for water, somewhat like a well or pit, serving to discharge the water of wet land. 2. A drain conducting to a well or pit.

Well'-drāin, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. WELL-DRAINED; p. pr. & vb. n. WELL-DRAINING.] To drain, as land, by means of wells or pits, which receive the water, and from which it is discharged by machinery.