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单词 pound-lock
释义 ˈpound-lock
Also 8–9 pond-lock.
[f. pound n.2 + lock n.2]
A lock on a river for pounding up the water; = lock n.2 7.
1783Rules, Orders, etc. Thames 13 Any of the pound⁓locks, lock tackle, weirs, bricks, winches.1866Sat. Rev. 21 Apr. 472/1 A century has witnessed the construction of the entire navigation of the Thames by pound-locks.1879Edin. Rev. CL. 447 In these side cuts the pound lock was introduced, with side weirs to enable the floods to escape.
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