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washout noun. Also wash-out. L19.
[from wash out s.v. WASH verb.]
An act of washing out something; spec. (a) the washing out of a cistern etc.; a pipe or other appliance for doing this; (b) Biology & Medicine the removal of material, esp. from a physiological system, by means of a fluid; the fluid used for, or matter removed by, this; (c) Meteorology the removal of particles from the air by falling water droplets. L19.
Geology. A narrow channel cut into a sedimentary deposit by swiftly flowing water; esp. one that is later filled by younger sediments; spec. in Mining, a channel cut into a coal deposit during its formation and replaced with sandstone etc. L19.
The removal by flood of a portion of a hillside; a hole or breach in a railway or road caused by flood or erosion. Cf. WASHAWAY. Orig. US. L19.
S. Burnford The road was pure sand and treacherous with spring washouts.
a. A complete failure, something disappointingly bad. colloq. E20.
Atlantic Illogical, unmotivated, the new happy ending is, as narrative, a total washout.
b. A useless or unsuccessful person (colloq.); spec. (Air Force slang) a person who is eliminated from a course of training. E20.
K. Amis I'm such a washout I couldn't be trusted to boil an egg.
c. A wrecked aircraft. Air Force slang. E20.
Aeronautics. A decrease in the angle of incidence of an aeroplane wing towards the tip. Cf. WASHIN. E20.