water leatn.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtə ˌliːt/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdər ˌlit/,

/ˈwɑdər ˌlit/

Forms:

α. Old English wætergelæt.

β. Middle English waterlete, 1700s– water leat, 1800s– water leet.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., English gelǣt , gelǣte ;water n., leat n.

Etymology: In α. forms (i) < water n. + Old English gelǣt, by-form of gelǣte coming together, junction (see leet n.¹). In β. forms (ii) apparently originally with reduction and loss of the prefix of the second element; in later use (iii) probably partly directly < water n. + leat n. Compare water lade n. and waterlead n.Earlier currency of the β. forms is implied by post-classical Latin waterleta (from 1211 onwards in British sources from the south-west; < Middle English). Also attested early (and widely) in minor place names and field names from south-western counties, as La Waterlate , Awliscombe, Devon (1238), La Waterlete , East Quantoxhead, Somerset (1273), La Waterlete , Porlock, Somerset (1306), Waterlete , Kilkhampton, Cornwall (1330), Le Litelwaterlet , Spaxton, Somerset (c1413), Waterlete , Ottery St. Mary, Devon (1448), Waterlett , Brendon, Devon (1525; now Waterlet Linhay), etc., apparently frequently with reference to a system of irrigation used to improve the pasture of fallow land (compare quot. 1967).

An open watercourse to conduct water, esp. for agricultural or industrial purposes. Also: (in south-western England) a piece of land irrigated by such a watercourse; a water meadow (now historical).In quot. 1327 in a surname.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > channel for conveyance of water

water leatOE

water lade1224

leat1279

watergang1293

sow1316

trough1398

wissinga1400

lanec1420

waterway1431

water leasow1440

watercoursea1450

fleam1523

lead1541

cut1548

aqueducta1552

lake1559

strand1565

race1570

channel1581

watergauge1597

gout1598

server1610

carriage1669

runnel1669

aquage1706

shoot1707

tewel1725

run1761

penstock1763

hulve1764

way-gang1766

culvert1774

flume1784

shute1790

pentrough1793

raceway1793

water carriage1793

carrier1794

conductor1796

water carrier1827

penchute1875

chute1878

by-cut1883

OE Harley Gloss. (1966) 98 Colimbus,..wætergelæt.

1327 in M. T. Löfvenberg Contrib. Middle Eng. Lexicogr. & Etymol. (1946) 221 [Somerset] Egydis atte Waterlete.

1794 Particulars Freehold Estates in Devonshire (Messrs. Skinner & Dyke) 9 (list) A very desirable farm containing..the Long Orchard..the Cleat..Water Leat..Home Close [etc.].

1845 Herapath's Railway Jrnl. 18 Jan. 82/2 A spot of good ore was by accident discovered about three weeks ago in making a water leat.

1907 G. Newman Health of State (ed. 2) i. 9 In the middle of the fifteenth century..various edicts and Acts were passed for the institution of ‘Commissioners of sewers’, for the reclamation of marsh land, and for the provision of water supplies (water-leets).

1967 E. Kerridge Agric. Revol. vi. 253 Such leat-grounds or 'waterleats' [in the West Country] were watered from the hatch intermittingly throughout the winter, depastured by sheep couples or other stock, and later put up for hay.

1981 E. G. Holland Coniston Copper Mines v. 76 It is possible..to make out the course of the water leat which ran down past the tunnel mouth, to the mill.

2002 Times 21 Dec. 2/6 Bear left and walk along an airy, terraced path to cross a disused water leat and an iron bridge.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	water leat
释义	water leatn. Brit. /ˈwɔːtə ˌliːt/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌlit/, /ˈwɑdər ˌlit/ Forms: α. Old English wætergelæt. β. Middle English waterlete, 1700s– water leat, 1800s– water leet. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., English gelǣt , gelǣte ;water n., leat n. Etymology: In α. forms (i) < water n. + Old English gelǣt, by-form of gelǣte coming together, junction (see leet n.¹). In β. forms (ii) apparently originally with reduction and loss of the prefix of the second element; in later use (iii) probably partly directly < water n. + leat n. Compare water lade n. and waterlead n.Earlier currency of the β. forms is implied by post-classical Latin waterleta (from 1211 onwards in British sources from the south-west; < Middle English). Also attested early (and widely) in minor place names and field names from south-western counties, as La Waterlate , Awliscombe, Devon (1238), La Waterlete , East Quantoxhead, Somerset (1273), La Waterlete , Porlock, Somerset (1306), Waterlete , Kilkhampton, Cornwall (1330), Le Litelwaterlet , Spaxton, Somerset (c1413), Waterlete , Ottery St. Mary, Devon (1448), Waterlett , Brendon, Devon (1525; now Waterlet Linhay), etc., apparently frequently with reference to a system of irrigation used to improve the pasture of fallow land (compare quot. 1967). An open watercourse to conduct water, esp. for agricultural or industrial purposes. Also: (in south-western England) a piece of land irrigated by such a watercourse; a water meadow (now historical).In quot. 1327 in a surname. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > channel for conveyance of water water leatOE water lade1224 leat1279 watergang1293 sow1316 trough1398 wissinga1400 lanec1420 waterway1431 water leasow1440 watercoursea1450 fleam1523 lead1541 cut1548 aqueducta1552 lake1559 strand1565 race1570 channel1581 watergauge1597 gout1598 server1610 carriage1669 runnel1669 aquage1706 shoot1707 tewel1725 run1761 penstock1763 hulve1764 way-gang1766 culvert1774 flume1784 shute1790 pentrough1793 raceway1793 water carriage1793 carrier1794 conductor1796 water carrier1827 penchute1875 chute1878 by-cut1883 OE Harley Gloss. (1966) 98 Colimbus,..wætergelæt. 1327 in M. T. Löfvenberg Contrib. Middle Eng. Lexicogr. & Etymol. (1946) 221 [Somerset] Egydis atte Waterlete. 1794 Particulars Freehold Estates in Devonshire (Messrs. Skinner & Dyke) 9 (list) A very desirable farm containing..the Long Orchard..the Cleat..Water Leat..Home Close [etc.]. 1845 Herapath's Railway Jrnl. 18 Jan. 82/2 A spot of good ore was by accident discovered about three weeks ago in making a water leat. 1907 G. Newman Health of State (ed. 2) i. 9 In the middle of the fifteenth century..various edicts and Acts were passed for the institution of ‘Commissioners of sewers’, for the reclamation of marsh land, and for the provision of water supplies (water-leets). 1967 E. Kerridge Agric. Revol. vi. 253 Such leat-grounds or 'waterleats' [in the West Country] were watered from the hatch intermittingly throughout the winter, depastured by sheep couples or other stock, and later put up for hay. 1981 E. G. Holland Coniston Copper Mines v. 76 It is possible..to make out the course of the water leat which ran down past the tunnel mouth, to the mill. 2002 Times 21 Dec. 2/6 Bear left and walk along an airy, terraced path to cross a disused water leat and an iron bridge. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.OE
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