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Examples from literature

From this cistern large earthen pipes led off in various directions to irrigate the terraces below. 
In the midst of this court is a cistern, simply ornamented. 
Latterly, he adds, deep wells had been sunk, and cisterns formed for holding water. 
Their cisterns, their only dependence for water, were mostly destroyed. 
They discovered microbes in the well, and mosquitoes in the cistern, and wasps in the garret. 

cistern | American Dictionary

cistern
noun[ C ]
us/ˈsɪs·tərn/
a large container for storing water, esp. one kept on the roof of a large building to catch rain

Examples of cistern

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The majority of cisterns and wells are concentrated in the vicinity of springs or streams providing permanent water supplies.
The oral accounts collected suggest ages of about 50 years for cisterns and wells.
In other words, cisterns, foundations, and the waterproofing system proceeded in parallel.
Although they would be able to dispense with large cisterns, they would still require tanks.
This 'something' is the interior cistern and the double house.
In addition, the individual lipid bodies become enveloped by single rough endoplasmic reticulum cisterns.
Four cisterns are dispersed in a deeply incised and steep narrow valley, and two huts appear to be related to former agricultural exploitation.
There were not only private, but also public cisterns, located in the middle of campi.
In addition, "chultuns" (cisterns) lined with plaster in order to prevent seepage were used to store rain water for human consumption.
If the cistern was constantly full, the amount was of 138 litres of water per day: a large capacity for that time.
In the late nineteenth century, biofouling in stagnant drinking water, such as that found in reservoirs, cisterns and dead-ends, was increasingly recognized and studied.
Moreover, the area here features a considerable number of cisterns and wells used for the irrigation of gardens.
This is an essential feature to take into account, as the bringing inside of the cistern has a very strong impact on the urban organisation.
It is noted that one common response to unreliable electricity and water supply is for firms to invest in a generator or a well or cistern.
Another instance: they started to build the foundations and a month later we find that the clay for waterproofing the cisterns had arrived on site and was paid for.
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