单词 | conservator of a river |
释义 | > as lemmasconservator of a (also the) river a. A person in charge of a river and its embankments, having jurisdiction over all navigation, structures, fisheries, etc., on or along it; (also in singular or plural) a commission of such people. Chiefly as conservator of a (also the) river. Cf. conservancy n. 2b. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > with responsibility for rivers conservator1489 walker1613 1489–90 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1489 §44. m. 14 The maire of your citie of London..is conservatour havyng the conservacie of the watir and ryver of Thamys. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. clxxiiv Ye Mayre and his bretherne the Aldermen as conseruatours of that ryuer..opteyned Commyssion to pull vp all the werys that stode atwene London and .vii. myles beyone Kyngston. 1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 260 Conseruatour of the Thamyse. 1657 J. Howell Londinopolis 18 There be many things that concern the incumbency of the Conservator of so noble a River. 1697 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) IV. 241 A long tryall between the town of Newcastle (as conservators of the river Tyne) and the dean and chapter of Durrham. 1710 London Gaz. No. 4714/4 The Conservators of the River Tone. 1852 Humber Conservancy Act 2028 It shall be lawful for the Lords of the Admiralty to appoint a Conservator. 1881 Times 7 Apr. 9/5 How far the duties of the Conservators are to extend beyond providing the mere mechanical precautions against floods. 1902 Davenport (Iowa) Daily Republican 1 Aug. 7/1 Mr. David E. Hume, late conservator of the river Humber. 1928 Britain's Industr. Future (Liberal Industr. Inq.) ii. vi. 78 The Board itself consists of sixty-six individuals appointed by..various other municipal councils..together with the Conservators of the River Thames. 1995 Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 20 Sept. a1 The president and several members of the Severn River Association—the county's largest civic organization and a conservator of the river. < as lemmas |
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