单词 | mill site |
释义 | > as lemmasmill site mill site n. a site of or suitable for a mill (originally a watermill); (Canadian) a lot granted to a person for the purpose of building and operating a flour-mill (now historical). ΚΠ 1825 Colonial Advocate (York, Upper Canada) 29 Dec. 3/3 There is also unoccupied Mill-Scites on the Credit..sufficient to drive a number of Mills. 1896 C. H. Shinn Story of Mine 81 Water claims and mill sites were taken up almost as soon as work had fairly begun on the Comstock. 1956 H. Evans Mountain Dog 107 Earth and stones had been bulldozed to the water's edge to form a millsite. 1992 C. Giles & I. H. Goodall Yorks. Textile Mills ii. 17/1 Most loomshops had fireplaces for heating by open fires or stoves, but steam heating was subsequently introduced to some of those on mill sites. < as lemmas |
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