† waterwoughn.
Obsolete.
= water wall n. 1; spec. a wall on either side of a mill wheel forming a sluice.
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waterwough?1340
water wall1445
digue1523
dike1642
?1340–1 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1899) II. 540 In sarracione plancorum..pro les Watrewawes molend. Abathie.
1437 in L. F. Salzman Building in Eng. (1992) App. B. 510 On either side of the whele ij waterwowes of borde covenable þerto.
1498–9 in D. Dymond Reg. Thetford Priory (1995) I. 104 Pro reparac' of the wheell at the Bysshopys Mylle and for the makyng of bothe water wowes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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