water caskn.
/ˈwɔːtə kɑːsk/, /ˈwɔːtə kask/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌkæsk/, /ˈwɑdər ˌkæsk/ Chiefly Nautical.
A cask for holding water; spec. one used to hold drinking water on a ship. In early use also: †such casks collectively (obsolete).
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > barrel or cask > [noun] > for liquids > for water
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1589 L. Ward in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 666 The Generall..appointed out the fittest roome, to set vp..ouens to bake our bisket, & place for our coopers to trim our water caske.
1613 J. Saris Jrnl. in Voy. Japan (1900) 31 The Coopers provided themselues of rotans for water caske, which make excellen hoopes.
1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. viii. 152 I received an order from Captain Tyler to..put all my Cargo into her; as also all my Water-cask.
1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 93 We had fill'd all our Water Cask, and taken in what fresh Provisions we could get.
1773 J. Hawkesworth Acct. Voy. Southern Hemisphere II. i. x. 108 Upon the bank of the river, was placed a double row of water casks, filled with water.
1829 F. Marryat Naval Officer II. i. 19 I..ran to the water-cask.
1862 G. T. Lloyd 33 Years Tasmania i. 3 We arrived at Bona Vista..in order to replenish our odoriferous water-casks and exhausted hen-coops.
1900 S. J. Weyman Story Francis Cludde (new ed.) vi. 60 We found ourselves in the forepart, amid coils of rope and windlasses and water-casks.
1922 J. G. Fraser Episodes in my Life i. 4 Under the wagon the water-vaatje or water-cask would also be slung.
1992 B. Unsworth Sacred Hunger xxxiii. 344 More yams and rice were taken on board and the water casks replenished.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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