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)

1. (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.