My copy of the Oxford English Dictionary has about a page of definitions for "ditch" and "drain", and not a hint that either of them needs to be lined.
-- Mark On Sat, 2 Feb 2019 01:28:10 +0100 Sergio Manzi <s...@smz.it> wrote: > I know, that's why I asked for a good one... > > On 2019-02-02 01:23, Joseph Eisenberg wrote: > > Dictionary.com usually provides definitions in American English, so > > it wouldn’t be a good source. > > > > On Sat, Feb 2, 2019 at 8:35 AM Sergio Manzi <s...@smz.it > > <mailto:s...@smz.it>> wrote: > > > > Please point me to a dictionary defining "drain" as a "lined > > ditch" or in any way stating that a drain must be lined, because I > > tried and I failed. > > > > Best I found is in dictionary.com <http://dictionary.com> that > > (/under /"/Physical Geography/") define it as > > > > 1. an artificial watercourse, as a ditch or trench. > > 2. a natural watercourse modified to increase its flow of > > water. > > > > > > On 2019-02-01 23:46, Paul Allen wrote: > >> On Fri, 1 Feb 2019 at 22:43, Sergio Manzi <s...@smz.it > >> <mailto:s...@smz.it>> wrote: > >> > >> So, how do you tag drains which are not lined? > >> > >> > >> Ditch. Because, physically, that's what it is. > >> > >> -- > >> Paul > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Tagging mailing list > >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org <mailto:Tagging@openstreetmap.org> > >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > _______________________________________________ > > Tagging mailing list > > Tagging@openstreetmap.org <mailto:Tagging@openstreetmap.org> > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tagging mailing list > > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
