| 单词 | the queen's share |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe Queen's share P7. the Queen's share (also the King's share): a gap in a fishing weir which had by law to be kept open in order to allow the passage of certain fish, esp. salmon, along the river. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > fish-trap > [noun] > weir heck1424 weir-heckc1467 ebbing-weir1472 strite1537 ebbing-lock1539 stell yair1600 hedge1653 weir house1791 the Queen's share?1795 ?1795 W. A. Osbaldiston Universal Sportsman 23/1 There is twenty-one feet to be left open during this time, in the deepest part of every river, for the free passage of fish to encrease the species..[this gap is called the ‘King's Share’]. 1842 Act 5 & 6 Victoria c. 106 §41 A free Gap or Queen's Share shall be left or formed in the deepest Part of such River. 1955 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Antiquaries Ireland 85 28 The free gap, then called the Queen's share, was to be cleared out and an offending spur wall was ordered to be removed. < as lemmas |
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