An archaic or dialect word for a water channel, pipe, or conduit; sometimes used in Scottish engineering terms.
Possibly related to 'conduit,' or from Middle English and Old French origins relating to channels or ducts for conveying water or air.
This delightfully obscure Scottish engineering term shows how English developed different regional vocabulary for the same things—what one area called a 'cundy,' others called a 'leat' or 'sough'!
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