单词 | river-keeper |
释义 | > as lemmasriver-keeper river-keeper n. a person whose job is to maintain the good condition of a river and its banks. ΚΠ 1828 Belfast News Let. 21 Nov. An Individual named Martin Culkeen, a River Keeper to the Moy Fishery Company. 1894 C. H. Cook Thames Rights 127 To every honorary assistant river-keeper they give a ticket to fish from the weirs. 1941 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 10 359 Fish culturalists and interested river-keepers. 1991 Oxfordshire Bull. Nov. 2/3 Long sections of the Thames bank have been protected with willow spiling, which is a traditional river-keepers' technique. < as lemmas |
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