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Wingwall vs Culvert - What's the difference?

wingwall | culvert |

As a noun culvert is

a transverse channel under a road or railway for the draining of water.

As a verb culvert is

to channel (a stream of water) through a.

wingwall

Not English

Wingwall has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

culvert

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A transverse channel under a road or railway for the draining of water.
  • * 1922, , Vintage Classics, paperback edition, page 91
    • A raft of twigs stayed upon a stone, suddenly detached itself, and floated towards the culvert .
  • * 1996 , , Virago Press, paperback edition, page 167
    • After she left, I ran away for a day, and hid myself, solitary, in a culvert under the railway lines.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To channel (a stream of water) through a .