单词 | water barrel |
释义 | > as lemmaswater barrel water barrel n. ΚΠ 1605 in M. Cash Devon Inventories 16th & 17th Cent. (1966) 20 A peare of silver Crookes..more two Chestes... More a peare of water barrells. 1743 J. Bulkeley & J. Cummins Voy. to South-seas 122 This Raft was made with Oars and Water Barrels. 1811 R. Salter Mod. Angler ii. 10 A far better method of conveyance for storing water, than in a water barrel. 1889 Colliery Engineer June 241/2 The author..decided to fill the water-barrel by means of a vacuum, making it air-tight at the top, and providing it with a valve opening inwards at the bottom. 1993 R. Nugent Drums along Congo 87 Simple brick houses with galvanized roofs and gutters feeding into water barrels. < as lemmas |
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