单词 | impound |
释义 | impoundv. 1. a. transitive. To shut up in a pound or pinfold (cattle legally seized). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [verb (transitive)] > take into judicial power > impound cattle pind?c1225 poundc1460 impound1554 1554 [see impounding n. and adj. at Derivatives]. figurative.1587 D. Fenner Def. Godlie Ministers sig. Civv The other questions because they are driuen in ouer the hedge..wee will nowe impounde them.1569 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 327 To impounde..every of their catell put in above their rate. 1641 Termes de la Ley Parco fracto is a Writ that lies against him that breakes any pownd and takes out the beasts which are there lawfully impownded. 1688 London Gaz. No. 2399/4 A Bay Mare..having strayed and been impounded near Hogsden. 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon xiv. 346 To exempt them from all liability of having their sheep impounded or taken up as estrays. 1851 H. Martineau Introd. Hist. Peace (1877) III. iv. ix. 24 Some cattle..had been impounded for tithe-payment. b. gen. To shut up (cattle) in an enclosure. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [verb (transitive)] > pen cattle on ground cow-pen1694 impound1877 1877 J. A. Allen Amer. Bisons 575 The Indians..in the habit of hunting the buffalo by impounding them, or by driving them into an artificial enclosure. 1878 A. Aylward Transvaal of To-day ii. 17 The sun being set, and the cattle and stock impounded in their kraals and places of safety. 2. a. To shut in, enclose, confine (a person or thing) as in a pound. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > confine [verb (transitive)] beloukOE loukOE sparc1175 pena1200 bepen?c1225 pind?c1225 prison?c1225 spearc1300 stopc1315 restraina1325 aclosec1350 forbara1375 reclosea1382 ward1390 enclose1393 locka1400 reclusea1400 pinc1400 sparc1430 hamperc1440 umbecastc1440 murea1450 penda1450 mew?c1450 to shut inc1460 encharter1484 to shut up1490 bara1500 hedge1549 hema1552 impound1562 strain1566 chamber1568 to lock up1568 coop1570 incarcerate1575 cage1577 mew1581 kennel1582 coop1583 encagea1586 pound1589 imprisonc1595 encloister1596 button1598 immure1598 seclude1598 uplock1600 stow1602 confine1603 jail1604 hearse1608 bail1609 hasp1620 cub1621 secure1621 incarcera1653 fasten1658 to keep up1673 nun1753 mope1765 quarantine1804 peg1824 penfold1851 encoop1867 oubliette1884 jigger1887 corral1890 maroon1904 to bang up1950 to lock down1971 1562 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid ix. C civ King Latyns wife gets here no gage, Nor she thy fathers walls this time empoundes in cage. 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Hvv A fountayne bryghte, With stones empounded rounde. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 169 How to impound the Rebels, that none of them might escape. 1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 2 On landing, we were impounded for about ten minutes within an enclosure of ropes and chains, before we were admitted into the Custom-house. b. spec. To confine and store (water) in a reservoir; to confine water so as to form (a reservoir). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [verb (transitive)] > collect or store water feed1582 to head up1821 impound1862 1862 W. Fairbairn in Rep. 31st Meeting Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1861 p. lxiv By this means forty million gallons of water per day are conveyed..into the Mugdock basin, where the water is impounded for distribution. 1893 J. H. T. Turner & A. W. Brightmore Princ. Waterworks Engin. iv. 183 The entire site should be closely contoured at every foot of elevation, in order to determine the extent of the works required to impound the desired quantity of water. 1937 Discovery June 186/2 It [sc. the dam] impounds 1,400,000,000 gallons of water. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 355/2 The lake impounded by the Grand Coulee is 150 mls long. 1966 G. M. Fair et al. Water & Wastewater Engin. I. ii. 6 Necessary reservoirs are impounded by throwing dams across the stream valley. 3. To seize or secure by legal right; to take legal or formal possession of (a document or the like) to be held in custody of the law. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [verb (transitive)] > take into judicial power attach?a1400 poind1478 impound1651 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 67 Because they found them impounded in the Staple, they set all at liberty to buy and sell the same as they pleased. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. i. 12 The things distreined must in the first place be carried to some pound, and there impounded by the taker. 1872 W. H. Dixon W. Penn (rev. ed.) ii. 10 Officers came down from Seville..impounded his goods, his plate, his jewels. 1885 Law Times 79 39/1 Her life interest can be impounded for the benefit of the disappointed parties. Derivatives imˈpounded adj. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [adjective] > taken into judicial power impounded1888 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [adjective] > enclosed in pen, stall, etc. enclosed1552 stalled1560 impent1633 shedded1850 ox-fenced1852 penning1854 coted1866 impounded1888 1888 J. Inglis Tent Life Tigerland 152 The bleating of an impounded kid. 1892 Daily News 6 Apr. 2/6 He could subpœna the officer of the Court to produce the impounded documents at Bow-street. imˈpounding n. and adj. (as impounding reservoir, a reservoir whose function is to store sufficient water to ensure an uninterrupted supply in times of relative drought). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [noun] > seizing lands or goods > impounding of stray cattle pounding1428 parcage1449 pinnage1552 impounding1554 poundage1554 poindage1576 the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > constructed reservoir recluse1593 conservera1614 reserver1615 conservatory1626 tank1634 reservatory1666 reservoir1686 kund1837 impounding reservoir1875 catch basin1884 spring box1887 tank1898 1554 Act 1 & 2 Philip & Mary c. 12 Preamble Disorder in taking of Distresses and impoundyng of Cattayle. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Parchage, impoundage, or an impounding. 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 225/1 With but little artificial addition, Loch Katrine, Loch Venachar, and Loch Drunkie were converted into impounding reservoirs, the first for the supply of the city, and the two latter for compensation. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 26 June 1/3 A warning note as to the safety of the impounding reservoirs in this country. 1893 J. H. T. Turner & A. W. Brightmore Princ. Waterworks Engin. iv. 172 The first-mentioned requirement is satisfied by the formation of ‘impounding-reservoirs’, the office of which is to gather the irregular natural yield of surface-water, in order that it may be supplied at a uniform rate; the second is met by the construction of ‘service-reservoirs’, tanks and cisterns, from which water is distributed as required by the hourly demands of consumers. 1954 G. M. Fair et al. Water Supply & Waste-water Disposal viii. 188 In the absence of adequate natural storage, engineers resort to the construction of impounding reservoirs, or, more rarely, to the excavation of storage basins. imˈpoundable adj. liable to be impounded. ΚΠ 1676 A. Marvell Mr. Smirke sig. Hv Whensoever a Christian transgresseth these bounds once, he is impoundable, or like a wafe and stray whom Christ knows not, he falls to the Lord of the Mannor. imˈpoundage n. = impoundment n. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > [noun] closurec1420 pinning1503 closing1580 seclusion1623 penning1626 impoundage1954 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restraint depriving of liberty > confinement > [noun] > action of conclusion1676 cooping1813 immuring1851 lock-in1893 impoundage1954 1954 G. M. Fair et al. Water Supply & Waste-water Disposal viii. 192 Allowances for evaporation from the water surface that is created by the impoundage. 1954 G. M. Fair et al. Water Supply & Waste-water Disposal viii. 195 When more than one reservoir is developed on a stream, the overflow from each impoundage becomes available to the reservoir next below. imˈpoundment n. the act of impounding. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > impounding of water impoundment1664 ponding1673 pounding1791 pondage1841 1664–5 Act 16 & 17 Chas. II c. 11 §9 Present sale thereof to make after the fowerth day of Impoundment. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 432/2 Virtually all public regulatory authorities require that the impoundment be sufficiently great to provide for the release of compensation waters for downstream users. 1973 New Yorker 28 Apr. 29/3 There is some room for impoundment, but not to the tune of twelve billion dollars. imˈpounder n. one who impounds or puts cattle, etc. into pound. ΚΠ 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Impounder. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1554 |
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