| 单词 | water fence |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater fence water fence n. (a) chiefly North American a boundary or barrier in the form of a water-filled ditch (now rare); (b) a fence built in, over, or adjacent to water; spec. (in quot. 1671) †a wall built as a flood defence (obsolete); (c) (in horse racing, etc.) a hazard or obstacle consisting of a fence combined with a water-filled ditch. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > ditch dikec893 gripa1000 ditch1045 fosselOE water-furrowlOE sow1316 furrowc1330 rick1332 sewer1402 gripplec1440 soughc1440 grindle1463 sheugh1513 syre1513 rain?1523 trench1523 slough1532 drain1552 fowsie?1553 thorougha1555 rean1591 potting1592 trink1592 syver1606 graft1644 work1649 by-ditch1650 water fence1651 master drain1652 rode1662 pudge1671 gripe1673 sulcus1676 rhine1698 rilling1725 mine1743 foot trench1765 through1777 trench drain1779 trenchlet1782 sunk fence1786 float1790 foot drain1795 tail-drain1805 flow-dike1812 groopa1825 holla1825 thorough drain1824 yawner1832 acequia madre1835 drove1844 leader1844 furrow-drain1858 1651 in 1st Bk. Rec. Southampton (N.Y.) (1874) 79 Mr Iohn Gosmer [shall] have..authority to hier men or teams for the accomplishing of the water fence of the little plaine. 1671 J. Ogilby tr. A. Montanus Remarkable Addr. 57 The River Huang..whose Waters using to swell very high..they kept off from damaging the City, with a Wall, built where the Banks were lowest. This Water-fence the Emperor broke down. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 202 Their Gardens lie all open, where Prospects may be had, and Water-fences can be made. 1786 G. Washington Diaries III. 34 Finished the Land sides of my Paddock fencing, and as a temporary expedient, set about water fences at each end. 1850 Bell's Life in London 10 Mar. 4/5 Victoria fell at the first fence... Brunette made the running to the water fence. 1852 J. Wiggins Pract. Embanking Lands 94 Such water-fences and drains must..be drawn all around the intake. 1923 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 8 May 43/4 The Fresh Pond at where was formerly the water fence of James L. Ahearn, which ran in to the pond at the mouth of the brook. 1938 Times 21 Feb. 4 [He] was again hurt when Delagrande fell with him at the water fence in the Newbury Steeplechase on Saturday. 1994 Washington Post 1 Sept. a1/2 People who swim to the base do so through the back of Guantanamo Bay, where they must get through a water fence constructed before the most recent refugee surge. 2008 Irish Times 19 Aug. 21/3 Lynch's mount recorded his first jumping error of the competition when he hit the tape of the water fence. < as lemmas |
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