field tile

English

A semicircular drain tile excavated from a field in New Jersey. Field tiles can also be round.

Noun

field tile (plural field tile or field tiles)

1. a type of hollow clay drainage pipe laid end to end mainly in agricultural fields, with a small gap between each one so water can seep into the pipe.

References

• “field tile”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.