waterleadn.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtəˌliːd/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdərˌlid/,

/ˈwɑdərˌlid/

Forms: see water n. and lead n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., lead n.²

Etymology: < water n. + lead n.² Compare earlier water lade n. and also water leat n.

†1. Originally Scottish. An artificial channel for conveying water to or from a mill; = mill-leat n. Cf. lead n.² 3a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > mill-race

mill-troughOE

outshot1362

mill-lead1434

mill fleam1475

mill-race1478

waylead1547

mill-leat1609

waterlead1641

mill-run1652

water lane1718

wash-milla1722

overshot1760

head race1780

mill-course1804

lade1808

wheel-race1825

mill lade1827

dam-

1641 in J. M. Thomson Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1897) IX. 371/2 Lie watter-leidis &c.

1760 State Process C. MacArthur against J. Rose & G. Bean 2 The Pursuer..fitted up a Wauk Mill, and cleaned up and repaired the Water Lead.

1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIV. 68 Upon that [glebe] of Dunlichty, an encroachment has been made about 60 years ago; which encroachment being a corn-mill and water-lead, it is alleged, cannot be removed.

1802 G. V. Sampson Statist. Surv. Londonderry 341 The [salmon] fry are killed in great numbers, in passing through the water-leads.

1861 J. C. Atkinson Brit. Birds' Eggs & Nests 32 One [nest] I heard of..was built amid the stone-work of a water-lead for conducting the waste water away from a mill.

1871 Rural Carolinian Jan. 247/2 The water-lead, from the mill to the creak, is 2 feet wide and 6 inches deep.

2. A channel of water through an ice field. More fully open water lead. Cf. lead n.² 3b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > channel > [noun] > through ice

waterlead1853

land-lead1856

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xvii. 130 To seaward, open water-leads gladden us in every direction.

1910 R. F. Scott Jrnl. 30 Dec. in Last Exped. (1913) I. ii. 73 A water lead would mysteriously open up a few miles away or the place where it had been would as mysteriously close.

1962 Survival, Training Ed. (U.S. Air Force) vi. 6/1 During a short period in the month of October, quick freezes of the open water leads bring about conditions favorable for smooth-ice hunting.

2012 R. B. Macdonald North Star Herschel Island xv. 217 An open water lead has a way of closing in suddenly if there is the slightest wind.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	waterlead
释义	waterleadn. Brit. /ˈwɔːtəˌliːd/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərˌlid/, /ˈwɑdərˌlid/ Forms: see water n. and lead n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., lead n.² Etymology: < water n. + lead n.² Compare earlier water lade n. and also water leat n. †1. Originally Scottish. An artificial channel for conveying water to or from a mill; = mill-leat n. Cf. lead n.² 3a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > mill-race mill-troughOE outshot1362 mill-lead1434 mill fleam1475 mill-race1478 waylead1547 mill-leat1609 waterlead1641 mill-run1652 water lane1718 wash-milla1722 overshot1760 head race1780 mill-course1804 lade1808 wheel-race1825 mill lade1827 dam- 1641 in J. M. Thomson Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1897) IX. 371/2 Lie watter-leidis &c. 1760 State Process C. MacArthur against J. Rose & G. Bean 2 The Pursuer..fitted up a Wauk Mill, and cleaned up and repaired the Water Lead. 1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XIV. 68 Upon that [glebe] of Dunlichty, an encroachment has been made about 60 years ago; which encroachment being a corn-mill and water-lead, it is alleged, cannot be removed. 1802 G. V. Sampson Statist. Surv. Londonderry 341 The [salmon] fry are killed in great numbers, in passing through the water-leads. 1861 J. C. Atkinson Brit. Birds' Eggs & Nests 32 One [nest] I heard of..was built amid the stone-work of a water-lead for conducting the waste water away from a mill. 1871 Rural Carolinian Jan. 247/2 The water-lead, from the mill to the creak, is 2 feet wide and 6 inches deep. 2. A channel of water through an ice field. More fully open water lead. Cf. lead n.² 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > channel > [noun] > through ice waterlead1853 land-lead1856 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xvii. 130 To seaward, open water-leads gladden us in every direction. 1910 R. F. Scott Jrnl. 30 Dec. in Last Exped. (1913) I. ii. 73 A water lead would mysteriously open up a few miles away or the place where it had been would as mysteriously close. 1962 Survival, Training Ed. (U.S. Air Force) vi. 6/1 During a short period in the month of October, quick freezes of the open water leads bring about conditions favorable for smooth-ice hunting. 2012 R. B. Macdonald North Star Herschel Island xv. 217 An open water lead has a way of closing in suddenly if there is the slightest wind. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1641
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