Ditch
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
The words "ditch" and "drain" have no technical or exact meaning. They both may mean a hollow space in the ground, natural or artificial, where water is collected or passes off.
Goldthwait v. East Bridgewater, 5 Gray (Mass.) 64; Wetmore v. Flake, 15 In I. 354, 5 All. 375.