Definition of "water-passage" [water-passage]

• A passage for water; specifically, the urethra. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "From Alexandria I travelled to Cairo, where I intended to hire a servant and a boat, for I wished to try the water-passage in preference to the land."
• "The general opinion was, that she had better mount her fat mule and ride over the hill, as all agreed that it was very doubtful whether she would be able to cross the logs and jump the rocks which would bar her way by the water-passage."
• "It has been known to result from stricture of the urethra, or water-passage, and also from local irritation along that passage."