washpits

Noun

washpit (plural washpits)

1. An outdoor pit with water running through it, used to wash livestock.
   • This washpit is supplied with water passing through an inlet channel cut from the rivulet at its higher level and outof the pit into the stream by an outlet channel lower down.1893 June 3, “Rivers Pollution Act, 1876—Water flowing into stream from washpit for sheep—Remedy”, in Justice of the Peace, volume 57, number 22
2. A recessed area of a service station over which a car can be parked in order to be washed.
   • Then the chassis and all the understructure is given a thorough cleaning in the washpit in the shop proper.1922, Motor Age - Volume 42, page 12