| 释义 |
† ˈwatchment Obs. rare—1.
[f. watch v. + -ment.]
A task of watching.
1740Richardson Pamela I. 203 However said she, all is well now; because my Watchments are now over, by my Master's Direction... Why, Mrs. Jewkes, said I, is all this fishing about for something,..if there be an end of your Watchments, as you call them? |