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† ˈwaterlade Obs.
[f. water n. + lade n.2]
A channel for water, an aqueduct.
[c1050Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 339/4 Aqueductum [= -uum, genit. pl.], wæterᵹelada. ]a1300Cursor M. 11936 Lakes seuen he made o clai, And til ilkan a fur he made Þat suld be þaim to watur lade, Þat water moght rin fra and till, Vte of þe flum al atte will. Ibid. 12019. 1421 Cov. Leet Bk. 28 Þat euery deister of this Cite, that hath a waturlad ouer the comyn Ryver, schall pay to the Chamburlayns of this Cite euery yer xij d. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. i. 747 The channells were not skoured..but the water-lades stopped up either through negligence, or depopulation. |