英语词汇“fossedike”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Fossedike n. (now usually Fossdyke or Foss Dyke) the name of an ancient canal (commonly said to be Roman in origin) linking the rivers Trent and Witham in Lincolnshire.

ΚΠ

c1155Fossedic [see sense 2a].

1275 in E. Ekwall Eng. River-names (1928) 163 Fossedike.

1576 C. Saxton Map in E. Ekwall Eng. River-names (1928) 163 Fosdik flu[men].

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 548 The water of Trent, the Fosse dike, and the waie toward Yorke were warded and kept, that if any man hindered the passage of vessels, he was to make amends with the payment of foure pounds.

1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County of Lincoln xii. 273 That the Fossdike was a Roman work is fully proved by the discovery of a figure of Mercury.

1816 T. H. B. Oldfield Rep. Hist. Great Brit. & Irel. IV. 135 The river Witham..makes a large lake on the west side, and has a canal called the Fosse-dike, by which it has a communication with the Trent.

1989 Anglo-Saxon Eng. (2007) 18 15 Henry I is known to have had the Fossdyke cleaned out; similar work was done on other fenland canals of Roman origin by Cnut.

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释义	> as lemmas Fossedike Fossedike n. (now usually Fossdyke or Foss Dyke) the name of an ancient canal (commonly said to be Roman in origin) linking the rivers Trent and Witham in Lincolnshire. ΚΠ c1155Fossedic [see sense 2a]. 1275 in E. Ekwall Eng. River-names (1928) 163 Fossedike. 1576 C. Saxton Map in E. Ekwall Eng. River-names (1928) 163 Fosdik flu[men]. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 548 The water of Trent, the Fosse dike, and the waie toward Yorke were warded and kept, that if any man hindered the passage of vessels, he was to make amends with the payment of foure pounds. 1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County of Lincoln xii. 273 That the Fossdike was a Roman work is fully proved by the discovery of a figure of Mercury. 1816 T. H. B. Oldfield Rep. Hist. Great Brit. & Irel. IV. 135 The river Witham..makes a large lake on the west side, and has a canal called the Fosse-dike, by which it has a communication with the Trent. 1989 Anglo-Saxon Eng. (2007) 18 15 Henry I is known to have had the Fossdyke cleaned out; similar work was done on other fenland canals of Roman origin by Cnut. extracted from fossen.¹ < as lemmas
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