bilge well

1. 1.

   (nautical) a well where seepage drains to be pumped away

   Broaderwell

   Part ofship

   seafaring

Questions about bilge well

What does bilge well mean?

bilge well means "(nautical) a well where seepage drains to be pumped away".

Is bilge well a common word?

bilge well is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.