downpipe
downpipe · downpipes
The drainpipe that connects a roof-line gutter with the groundThe drainpipe that connects a roof-line gutter with the ground.
» The politician climbed down a rainwater downpipe from police officers.
Meaning
1 sensesThe drainpipe that connects a roof-line gutter with the ground.
Examples
3 sentencesThe politician climbed down a rainwater downpipe from police officers.
The downpipe is blocked, and now the gutter is overflowing.
deDas Fallrohr ist verstopft und jetzt läuft die Dachrinne über.
Rainwater flows from the gutter, down the downpipe and into the sewer.
deAus der Dachrinne fließt das Regenwasser durch das Regenfallrohr in die Kanalisation.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From down + pipe.From down + pipe.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source