单词 | pondage |
释义 | pondagen.ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > irrigation > [noun] field pondage1612 pondage1612 irrigation1626 floating-trench1649 masterwork1652 floating1669 catchwork1794 warping1799 watering1799 basin irrigation1903 sprinkler irrigation1908 sprinkling irrigation1910 spray irrigation1931 spray line1961 trickle irrigation1969 chemigation1981 1612 S. Sturtevant Metallica xiii. 92 Field Pondeage, is a kinde of Pipeage, which..conueigheth..water into seuerall pastures..and fields, and..leaueth a pond of water for cattle and beasts to drinke in. 2. Storage of water; space for ponds; (also) the capacity of a pond, reservoir, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > impounding of water impoundment1664 ponding1673 pounding1791 pondage1841 1841 Amer. Jurist & Law Mag. July 456 The dam and the stream pond and pondage ground adjacent to the lands above described. 1877 J. T. Fanning Pract. Treat. Water Supply Engin. iv. 68 Basins having limited pondage or available storage of rainfall. 1885 Sanitary Engineer 24 Dec. 80 1 The stream was surveyed, and the survey demonstrated the practicability of pondage far beyond the necessities of city supply. 1934 J. D. Justin & W. G. Mervine Power Supply Econ. viii. 120 The pondage is sufficient to permit the installation at the plant to deliver..one week's flow of water. 1999 Amer. Jrnl. Internat. Law 93 955 The land lying to the west of that territory..forms a part of the reservoir's storage, or pondage, area. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1612 |
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