1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 18 The Swiss lake-dwellings seem first to have attracted attention during the dry winter of 1853–4.

1884 Times (Weekly ed.) 19 Sept. 12 Researches into the lake-dwellings of West Scotland.

1949 M. Mead Male & Female iii. 54 (heading) The lake-dwelling Tchambuli.

1989 N.Y. Times 20 Aug. viii. 5/3 The fish is the seeforellen, a lake-dwelling form of the brown trout.