floodway

English

Etymology

flood +‎ way

Noun

floodway (plural floodways)

  1. An engineered path to channel floodwaters away from areas to be protected.
    • 2009 March 30, Kirk Johnson, “Permanent Flood Solutions Just Out of Reach for Fargo”, in New York Times‎:
      Since 2005 the governments of Manitoba and Canada have spent $665 million to double the capacity of the floodway and to reinforce bridges, control gates and dikes.
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