Type
Built, Wetland
Area of origin
SE England (use as geographical term)
Area of use
SE England (use as geographical term)
Related terms
Man-made waterway for draining marshes, wetlands etc. Common throughout the Fens and East Anglia as in “Forty Foot Drain”
Etymology
Old English drēahnian ‘draw liquid away’
Example locations
- Forty Foot or Vermuden's Drain
Cambridgeshire
Entry contributors:
Alex Thurley-Ratcliff