Meanings of long troughs in English

We found ourselves transformed into washerwomen, standing stripped to the skin in front of long troughs.

It was a drizzling day, with a south-east wind blowing, and the streets were long troughs of mud.

It cast its eyes upon the roads, which were growing from long troughs of liquid mud to proper thoroughfares.

Edeard shrugged, and they passed into the mansion's court, with its white statues and neat bushes growing out of long troughs.

It cleaves readily enough and straightly, forming long troughs most useful for leading water from the well to the plantation and for many other purposes.