All 5 Uses of
culvert
in
The Two Towers
- Beneath it by a wide culvert the Deeping-stream passed out.†
Chpt 3.7 *
- Orcs had crept like rats through the culvert through which the stream flowed out.†
Chpt 3.7
- They gathered such small boulders and broken stones as they could find to hand, and under Gimli's direction the Westfold-men blocked up the inner end of the culvert, until only a narrow outlet remained.†
Chpt 3.7
- There was for a while a lull in the assault, since the attempt to break in through the culvert had been foiled.†
Chpt 3.7
- They have crept in the culvert again, while we talked, and they have lit the fire of Orthanc beneath our feet.†
Chpt 3.7
Definition:
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(culvert) a large pipe or other enclosed channel that carries runoff water beneath a road, railroad, or sidewalk