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单词 pondage
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pondagen.

Brit. /ˈpɒndɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈpɑndɪdʒ/
Forms: 1600s pondeage, 1800s– pondage.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pond n., -age suffix.
Etymology: < pond n. + -age suffix. Compare earlier poundage n.2Perhaps also found in Ponage Pool, a place name on the North Esk river in Scotland:1815 G. Beattie Poems (1882) 175 He heard a voice, wi' muckle dool, Croonin' in the Ponage Pool.1934 H. B. Cruickshank Up Noran Water 33 I mind o' the Ponnage Pule On a shinin' mornin'.
1. = field pondage n. at field n.1 Compounds 5. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > irrigation > [noun]
field pondage1612
pondage1612
irrigation1626
floating-trench1649
masterwork1652
floating1669
catchwork1794
warping1799
watering1799
basin irrigation1903
sprinkler irrigation1908
sprinkling irrigation1910
spray irrigation1931
spray line1961
trickle irrigation1969
chemigation1981
1612 S. Sturtevant Metallica xiii. 92 Field Pondeage, is a kinde of Pipeage, which..conueigheth..water into seuerall pastures..and fields, and..leaueth a pond of water for cattle and beasts to drinke in.
2. Storage of water; space for ponds; (also) the capacity of a pond, reservoir, etc.
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the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > impounding of water
impoundment1664
ponding1673
pounding1791
pondage1841
1841 Amer. Jurist & Law Mag. July 456 The dam and the stream pond and pondage ground adjacent to the lands above described.
1877 J. T. Fanning Pract. Treat. Water Supply Engin. iv. 68 Basins having limited pondage or available storage of rainfall.
1885 Sanitary Engineer 24 Dec. 80 1 The stream was surveyed, and the survey demonstrated the practicability of pondage far beyond the necessities of city supply.
1934 J. D. Justin & W. G. Mervine Power Supply Econ. viii. 120 The pondage is sufficient to permit the installation at the plant to deliver..one week's flow of water.
1999 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 93 955 The land lying to the west of that territory..forms a part of the reservoir's storage, or pondage, area.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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