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plural culverts
A channel crossing under a road or railway for the draining of water. quotations examples
A raft of twigs stayed upon a stone, suddenly detached itself, and floated towards the culvert.
1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 91
After she left, I ran away for a day, and hid myself, solitary, in a culvert under the railway lines.
1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, paperback edition, Virago Press, page 167
third-person singular simple present culverts, present participle culverting, simple past and past participle culverted
To channel (a stream of water) through a culvert. quotations examples
This led to a great deal of straightening and culverting, which in turn led to a massive loss of biodiversity.
2020, Ben Aaronovitch, False Value, Gollancz, pages 234–235