| 单词 | water shelf |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater shelf water shelf n. U.S. regional (southern and south Midland) (now chiefly historical) a shelf or bench on which a bucket of water and other utensils are kept for drinking and washing. ΚΠ 1853 J. G. M. Ramsey Ann. Tennessee viii. 716 The whole furniture..were a plain home-made bedstead or two,..a water shelf and a bucket [etc.]. 1909 Amer. Mag. Nov. 127/1 On the water shelf beside him stood a cedar bucket ages old. 2008 K. Gayle Feed Goose 154 On the back porch across from the dining room was the water shelf where the large wooden bucket and washpan were kept. < as lemmas |
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