Ajutage \Aj"u*tage\, n. [F. ajutage, for ajoutage, fr. ajouter to add, LL. adjuxtare, fr. L. ad + juxta near to, nigh. Cf. {Adjutage}, {Adjustage}, {Adjust}.] A tube through which water is discharged; an efflux tube; as, the ajutage of a fountain. [1913 Webster]
AJUTAGE. A conical tube, used in drawing water through an aperture, by the use of which the quantity of water drawn is much increased. When a privilege to draw water from a canal through the forebay or tunnel by means of in aperture has been granted, it is not lawful to add an adjutage, unless such was the intention of the parties. 2 Whart. R. 477.