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‖ jet d'eau|ʒɛdo|
Also 8 jette d'eau. Pl. jets d'eau |ʒɛːdo|.
[F., = ‘jet of water’; see also jetteau.]
An ornamental jet of water ascending from a fountain or pipe. Also, the fountain or pipe from which such a jet issues.
1706Phillips, Jet d'Eau, the Pipe of a Fountain that casts up the Water into the Air. 1720Wilcocks in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. IV. 322 The King is mightily pleased with a new jette d'eau in Herrenhausen gardens. 1776H. Swinburne in Crts. Europe close last Cent. (1841) I. 92 The orange groves in the King's garden, watered by jets d'eau, in the style of those..in Italy. 1808Pike Sources Mississ. iii. (1810) 256 In the centre of the square was a Jet d'eau, which cast forth water from eight spouts. 1858Lardner Hand-bk. Nat. Phil., Hydrost., etc. 94 The water will..rise to a certain height forming a natural jet d'eau. |