mill-damn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪldam/, U.S.

/ˈmɪlˌdæm/

Forms: see mill n.¹ and dam n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mill n.¹, dam n.¹

Etymology: < mill n.¹ + dam n.¹ Compare Dutch molendam, Middle Low German mȫlendam, Norwegian (Bokmål) mølledam, Old Swedish mylnudamber, Old Danish mølnedam (Danish mølledam).

A dam built across a stream to interrupt its flow and raise the level of the water so that it will turn a mill-wheel. Also: the body of water held in check by such a dam, or the area surrounding it.

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the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > dam > types of

mill-dam1182

warrant1406

pond head1465

coffer-dam1736

batardeau1767

gather-dam1768

frame dam1774

crib-dam1816

shutter-dama1884

suddc1900

needle gate1909

check-dam1936

gravity dam1940

1182 in W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. (1818) I. 186 Per la mulnedam..in veterem rivulum et ipsam mulnedam.

1394–5 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 599 Mosse pro le Milndam.

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 183 He went furth vnto þe myln dam of þe abbay, & þer he lowpid in & drownyd hym.

1469 Extracts Rec. in W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles (1872) 161 Our ald myldamsted.

c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 581 Thay tak smoltis or salmond in the miln-dammis.

1632 Morpeth Court Leet Rec. in Archæol. Æliana 16 72 For Castinge hir yarne into the millne dame..and dampnum iijs.

1696 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1823) X. 77 His Majestie..ordains a constant slop in the mid stream of each miln dam dyke.

1763 Brit. Mag. 4 51 As thirteen boys were sliding near a mill dam..the ice broke by the miller's suddenly drawing up the sluices.

1794 J. Byng Diary 15 Sept. in Torrington Diaries (1938) IV. 66 I had appoint'd my generals to assemble..upon the banks of the Ouse—to secure the ford..and then to possess the mill dam below the church.

1833 Ld. Tennyson Poems 33 Fishing in the milldam-water.

1881 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) III. 277/1 Mill-dam,..2. The water collected, by means of a dam, to supply a mill.

1915 Mod. Lang. Notes 30 204 The setting of the church service, the ducking in the mill-dam—these are all irrelevant to our purpose.

1963 Field Archaeol. (Ordnance Surv.) (ed. 4) 127 The large scale Ordnance map..is usually informative about water features like old fish ponds and mill dams which may survive.

1997 Oxoniensia 61 314 Fishing baskets would also have been positioned at mill-dams.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mill-dam
释义	mill-damn. Brit. /ˈmɪldam/, U.S. /ˈmɪlˌdæm/ Forms: see mill n.¹ and dam n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mill n.¹, dam n.¹ Etymology: < mill n.¹ + dam n.¹ Compare Dutch molendam, Middle Low German mȫlendam, Norwegian (Bokmål) mølledam, Old Swedish mylnudamber, Old Danish mølnedam (Danish mølledam). A dam built across a stream to interrupt its flow and raise the level of the water so that it will turn a mill-wheel. Also: the body of water held in check by such a dam, or the area surrounding it. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > dam > types of mill-dam1182 warrant1406 pond head1465 coffer-dam1736 batardeau1767 gather-dam1768 frame dam1774 crib-dam1816 shutter-dama1884 suddc1900 needle gate1909 check-dam1936 gravity dam1940 1182 in W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. (1818) I. 186 Per la mulnedam..in veterem rivulum et ipsam mulnedam. 1394–5 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 599 Mosse pro le Milndam. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 183 He went furth vnto þe myln dam of þe abbay, & þer he lowpid in & drownyd hym. 1469 Extracts Rec. in W. Chambers Charters Burgh Peebles (1872) 161 Our ald myldamsted. c1600 in Balfour's Practicks (1754) 581 Thay tak smoltis or salmond in the miln-dammis. 1632 Morpeth Court Leet Rec. in Archæol. Æliana 16 72 For Castinge hir yarne into the millne dame..and dampnum iijs. 1696 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1823) X. 77 His Majestie..ordains a constant slop in the mid stream of each miln dam dyke. 1763 Brit. Mag. 4 51 As thirteen boys were sliding near a mill dam..the ice broke by the miller's suddenly drawing up the sluices. 1794 J. Byng Diary 15 Sept. in Torrington Diaries (1938) IV. 66 I had appoint'd my generals to assemble..upon the banks of the Ouse—to secure the ford..and then to possess the mill dam below the church. 1833 Ld. Tennyson Poems 33 Fishing in the milldam-water. 1881 Jamieson's Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (new ed.) III. 277/1 Mill-dam,..2. The water collected, by means of a dam, to supply a mill. 1915 Mod. Lang. Notes 30 204 The setting of the church service, the ducking in the mill-dam—these are all irrelevant to our purpose. 1963 Field Archaeol. (Ordnance Surv.) (ed. 4) 127 The large scale Ordnance map..is usually informative about water features like old fish ponds and mill dams which may survive. 1997 Oxoniensia 61 314 Fishing baskets would also have been positioned at mill-dams. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1182
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