farm dugout

West

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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a large shallow excavation intended to hold the spring run-off and rain, serving as a reservoir.

See: dugout(def. 3)

Quotations

1958

Farm dugouts used for storing water for livestock were so low . . . .

1961

. . . drowned Thursday in a farm dugout three miles north of the Peace River community.