单词 | tumbling-bay |
释义 | > as lemmastumbling-bay tumbling-bay n. Brit. /ˈtʌmblɪŋbeɪ/ , /ˈtʌmbl̩ɪŋbeɪ/ , U.S. /ˈtəmb(ə)lɪŋˌbeɪ/ an outfall from a river, canal, or reservoir; a weir; also, the pool into which the water falls from this.ΘΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > lasher lock pool1674 tumbling-bay1724 lasher1851 the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water weirc897 dama1340 millpond1371 pound1535 pent1587 water-shut1613 tumbling-bay1724 backwater1788 pen pond1904 the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > tributary > [noun] > outfall effluent1860 tumbling-bay1891 1724 Jrnl. House of Commons 20 382/1 The water is to be divided by an over-fall or tumbling-bay. 1795 J. Phillips Gen. Hist. Inland Navigation (rev. ed.) Add. 90 To preserve the water of the same river, a tumbling bay is to be erected. 1847 C. G. Addison Treat. Law Contracts (1883) ii. i. §1. 244 The lessee of a water-mill..has no right to alter the height of the tumbling-bay. 1891 A. J. Foster Ouse 136 A fine large ‘tumbling bay’, as the pools below the sluices are sometimes called. < as lemmas |
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