jet d'eaun.

1669 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mech. i. iv. 15 The Water may spin out several ways at once, by which kind of branched Pipes we have sometimes imitated the Jets d' eau (as the French call them) and Artificial fountains of Gardens and Groto's.

1697 tr. L. D. Le Comte Mem. Journey China 163 The Emperor hath Iets d'eau, or Fountains, of European Invention, but private Persons content themselves with their Ponds and Wells.

1720 J. Wilcocks in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 322 The King is mightily pleased with a new jette d'eau in Herrenhausen gardens.

1776 H. Swinburne in Crts. Europe Close last Cent. (1841) I. 92 The orange groves in the King's garden, watered by jets d'eau, in the style of those..in Italy.

1808 Z. M. Pike Acct. Exped. Sources Mississippi (1810) iii. 256 In the centre of the square was a Jet d'eau, which cast forth water from eight spouts.

1858 D. Lardner Hand-bk. Nat. Philos.: Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, & Heat (new ed.) 94 The water will..rise to a certain height forming a natural jet d'eau.

1901 W. F. Fleming tr. Voltaire Wks. III. 164 The waters of the Euphrates..formed cascades of six thousand feet in length in the park, and a hundred thousand jets d'eau, whose height was scarce perceptible.

1959 A. L. Rowse Diary 20 Feb. (2003) 284 I..went down the heaped and rugged drive..,the rain pouring down, rustling down a million leaves,..and amid the rain, the great jets d'eau were playing, spouting expensively away.

1998 Daily Tel. 10 July 3/3 The Round Pond..would become a focal point for the entire memorial with a large fountain or ‘jet d'eau’.