downcomer

downcomer [doun-kuhm-er] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. a pipe, tube, or passage for conducting fluid materials downward.

Origin of downcomer First recorded in 1865–70; down1 + comer Examples from the Web for downcomer Historical Examples of downcomer

But I dreaded to be found eating, alone in that vast room, by the first downcomer.

Seven Men

Max Beerbohm

British Dictionary definitions for downcomer downcomer noun

1. a pipe that connects a cistern to a WC, wash basin, etcAlso called: downcome