Word Meanings - CATCHBASIN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to oatch bulky matters which would not pass readly throught the sewer. Knight.

• Sewerage
  The construction of a sewer or sewers.
• Where'er
  Wherever; -- a contracted and poetical form.
• Wherever
  At or in whatever place; wheresoever.
• KNIGHTERRANTRY
  The character or actions of wandering knights; the practice of wandering in quest of adventures; chivalry; a quixotic or romantic adventure or scheme. The rigid guardian [i. e., conscience] of a blameless heart Is weak with rank knight-erratries o'erru
• WOULDBE
  ' (as, a would-be poet.
• Knight-errants
  of Knight-errant
• Pointing
  of Point
• Wherefore
  For which reason; so; -- used relatively.
• Wherewith
  With which; -- used relatively.
• KNIGHTERRATIC
  Pertaining to a knight-errant or to knight-errantry. [R.] Quart. Rev.
• Knights-errant
  of Knight-errant
• Streetwalker
  A common prostitute who walks the streets to find customers.
• Whereform
  From which; from which or what place.
• Wherewithal
  Wherewith.
• KNIGHTMARSHAL
  An officer in the household of the British sovereign, who has cognizance of transgressions within the royal household and verge, and of contracts made there, a member of the household being one of the parties. Wharton.
• Knight-errant
  A wandering knight; a knight who traveled in search of adventures, for the purpose of exhibiting military skill, prowess, and generosity.

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