ajutage

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word ajutage. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word ajutage, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say ajutage in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word ajutage you have here. The definition of the word ajutage will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofajutage, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

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. A tube through which is water is discharged; an efflux tube.
    the ajutage of a fountain

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ajutage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)