| 单词 | in defence |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin defence b. in defence: denoting a body of water in which fishing is prohibited; (also) denoting a type of fish for which angling is prohibited. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > [adverb] > prohibited from being taken or fished in in defence1527 1527 Statutes Prohemium Iohannis Rastell (new ed.) f. ccviii Other waters..shalbe put in defence as to the taking of the samon. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Ee4v/2, at Fencemoneth All waters where Salmons be taken, shall be in defence..from the Nativitie. 1646 W. Hughes tr. A. Horne Mirrour Justices v. ii. 255 Many Rivers are now appropriate and gotten, and so put in defence, which used to be common to Fish. 1705 Act 4 Anne c. xxi §1 in Statutes at Large (1786) IV. 202 All other Waters wherein Salmon be taken, shall be in Defence from taking Salmon. 1758 R. Griffiths Descr. Thames 174 Salmon shall be in Defence, or not taken, from 8th September to St. Martin's Day. 1824 J. Cornish View Present State Salmon & Channel-Fisheries 193 All these rivers should be in defence during the sabbath day. 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 May 10/1 Streams which were ‘put in defence in the reign of his late Majesty King Henry II., and have been so maintained thereafter’. < as lemmas |
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