An open watercourse to conduct water, esp. for agricultural or industrial purposes. Also: (in south-western England) a piece of land irrigated by…
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释义 | the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > channel for conveyance of water (61) water leatOE An open watercourse to conduct water, esp. for agricultural or industrial purposes. Also: (in south-western England) a piece of land irrigated by… water lade1224 A channel for water; an aqueduct. leat1279 An artificial channel for the conveyance of water, esp. for agricultural or industrial purposes. Also occasionally: a natural watercourse; a… watergang1293 An artificial watercourse such as a drainage channel or mill-race. Also occasionally: the course of a river or stream. Now archaic. sow1316 A drain; a channel or run of water. trough1398 A channel, pipe, or trunk for conveying water; a conduit; a gutter fixed under the eaves of a building; Scottish (plural) the channel conducting the… wissinga1400 Conduction, conveyance. Also concrete a conduit. lanec1420 A narrow or comparatively narrow passage or way, or something resembling this; esp. a channel of water in an ice-field (also called a vein); the… waterway1431 A channel for the escape or passage of water. water leasow1440 (apparently) a watercourse. watercoursea1450 A stream of water; a river, a brook; a canal. Also: an artificial channel for conveying water. Also occasionally figurative. fleam1523 An artificial channel, watercourse, mill-stream. Now only dialect. lead1541 concrete. Something that leads. An artificial watercourse, esp. one leading to a mill. Also mill-leat, n. Cf. leat, n. cut1548 A passage or channel. An artificial watercourse cut or dug out; a channel, canal, cutting. (In common use in the Fen district in England.) aqueducta1552 An artificial channel for the conveyance of water from place to place; a conduit; esp. an elevated structure of masonry used for this purpose. lake1559 A small stream of running water; also, a channel for water. Obsolete exc. dialect. strand1565 Scottish. A channel, gutter. race1570 A channel or bed (of a stream); spec. an artificial channel leading water to or from a point where its energy is utilized, as in a mill or a mining… channel1581 gen. Any artificial watercourse, esp. one constructed for irrigation. Cf. canal, n. 4. watergauge1597 Probably an editorial misreading of watergangia (watergang, n. 1). gout1598 A channel for water; a sluice; a covered drain or culvert. server1610 A pipe, channel, or conduit by which water is supplied. Cf. serve, v.1 38a. Obsolete. rare. carriage1669 Agriculture. An artificial channel for conveying water, esp. a drainage channel. In later use English regional (chiefly southern) (now historical)… runnel1669 A small channel in which water may flow; a gutter; (more generally) a groove, a furrow. aquage1706 = aqueduct, n. shoot1707 An artificial channel for conveying water by gravity to a low level; or for the escape of overflow water from a reservoir, etc.; also for forcing… tewel1725 A conduit. Obsolete. rare. run1761 A channel or pipe along or down which something may flow. Now rare. penstock1763 Originally and chiefly U.S. A channel, trough, or tube for conveying water from a lake, dam, etc., esp. to a waterwheel or turbine. hulve1764 (See quot. 1764.) way-gang1766 A channel in which water runs away from a watermill. Cf. earlier way-go n. at way, adv. compounds 2. Now rare. culvert1774 A channel, conduit, or tunneled drain of masonry or brick-work conveying a stream of water across beneath a canal, railway embankment, or road; also… flume1784 U.S., etc. An artificial channel for a stream of water to be applied to some industrial use. shute1790 A channel or open trough for conveying water, esp. to a lower level; a gutter fixed beneath the eaves of a building. (Cf. shoot, n.1 5b.) pentrough1793 A trough, channel, or conduit, usually made of wooden boards, for conveying water from a weir, dam, etc., to the top of the wheel in a watermill. Cf… raceway1793 A passage or channel in which water runs, esp. to or from a watermill; a canal. Also in extended use. Cf. race, n.1 5b. water carriage1793 English regional (southern). A channel for carrying off water. Now rare. carrier1794 A drain, ditch, or channel, esp. for water or sewage. Cf. carriage, n. 7. Now rare. conductor1796 Anything that conducts, leads, or guides; a channel by which water, etc. is conducted. water carrier1827 A channel for conveying water, esp. an open channel in an irrigated meadow. In later use also: a pipeline or system of pipelines, etc., for… penchute1875 = pentrough, n. chute1878 A sloping channel or passage for the conveyance of water, or of things floating in water, to a lower level; in North America, an opening in a… by-cut1883 Subcategories:— carrying residue from mine (1) — underground (2) — for surplus water (12) — place where water taken into (1) — specific channel for water (2) |
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