cessera

Cessera is a term found in some Italian-language historical and regional sources. It refers to a drainage feature, typically a small open channel or ditch that collects surface water and conveys it toward a sewer, irrigation channel, or natural outlet. In contemporary standard Italian, more common designations for such features are canale di drenaggio or fossato, and cessera tends to appear mainly in dialectal usage or older documents rather than in current civil engineering terminology.

The exact origin of the word cessera is unclear, and it is not widely used in modern Italian. Its appearance is largely confined to regional texts, historical descriptions, and some archival maps, where it helps describe local drainage practices before the standardization of terminology.

Beyond its technical sense, cessera can also occur as a proper name. It may appear as a surname or as the name of a geographic feature or locality in certain areas, reflecting historical usage rather than a recurring modern term.

In reference works, related terms include fossato (ditch), canale (channel), and fognatura (sewer system). Cessera serves mainly as a historical or regional variant rather than a widely adopted term in currentDrainage engineering or planning literature.