ajutage
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French ajutage, from ajoutage, from ajouter (“to add”), from Latin adjuxtare, from ad + juxta (“near to, nigh”). Compare adjutage, adjustage, adjust.
Noun
ajutage (plural ajutages)
- (obsolete) A tube through which is water is discharged; an efflux tube.
- the ajutage of a fountain or reservoir
References
- “ajutage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.