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/drayn"feeld'/, n.an open area, the soil of which absorbs the contents of a septic tank.[DRAIN + FIELD]
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seepage pit — a pit that is lined with a porous, mortarless masonry wall in which effluent from a septic tank is collected for gradual seepage into the ground, sometimes used as a substitute for a drainfield. * * * … Universalium
seepage pit — a pit that is lined with a porous, mortarless masonry wall in which effluent from a septic tank is collected for gradual seepage into the ground, sometimes used as a substitute for a drainfield … Useful english dictionary
