| 单词 | water heck |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater heck water heck n. [ < water n. + heck n.1] English regional (northern) (now rare) a barred frame or similar obstacle placed across a stream at a shallow point to prevent the passage of cattle; (sometimes more generally) any barrier placed in water to prevent the passage of cattle. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > in a river > to prevent passage of cattle water-hedge1639 water heck1868 1868 J. C. Atkinson Gloss. Cleveland Dial. 560 Water-heck, the barred wooden frame of equal width with a stream and hung across a shallow part of it, to prevent cattle, &c., from passing along the shallow and so straying from their proper limits. 1875 W. Dickinson Cumbriana 233 Gittan on to Crossyat's beck, A white thing flasht his een across, And sat and screecht on t' watter heck. 1887 Archaeologia Aeliana New Ser. 12 162 This was for bushes to be suspended from to prevent cattle passing under the bridge... Other bridges were barred by a water heck. 1926 Trans. Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archæol. Soc. 26 477 Apparatus to work a grille, something after the principle of a water heck. < as lemmas |
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