pound-lockn.

Brit.

/ˈpaʊn(d)lɒk/, U.S.

/ˈpaʊn(d)ˌlɑk/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pound n.², lock n.²

Etymology: < pound n.² + lock n.² Compare pond-lock n. at pond n. Compounds 2.

Now chiefly historical.

A lock on a canal or river with a gate and a sluice or valve at each end. Cf. lock n.² 11a, pound n.² 4(b).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > gate, lock, or sluice

hatchOE

clowa1250

lock1261

water lock1261

sluice1340

water gate1390

sewer-gate1402

spay1415

floodgatec1440

shuttlec1440

spayer1450

gate1496

falling gate1524

spoye1528

gote1531

penstock1542

ventil1570

drawgate1587

flood-hatch1587

turnpike1623

slaker1664

lock gate1677

hatchway1705

flash1768

turnpike-lock1771

sluice-gate1781

pound-lock1783

stop-gate1790

buck gate1791

slacker1797

aboiteau1802

koker1814

guard-lock1815

falling sluice1819

lasher1840

fender1847

tailgate1875

weir-hatch1875

wicket1875

1783 Rules, Orders, etc. Thames 13 Any of the pound-locks, lock tackle, weirs, bricks, winches.

1793 Rep. Comm. House Comm. (1803) XIV. 233 Between Day's and Sutton Locks there requires a stop or pound lock at or near Clifton Ferry.

a1844 P. Nicholson Encycl. Archit. II. 109/1 The term lock, or pound-lock, more particularly denotes a contrivance, consisting of two gates, or two pairs of gates, called the lock-gates, and a chamber between them, in which the surface of the water may be made to coincide with that of the upper or lower canal, according as the upper or lower gates are opened.

1866 Sat. Rev. 21 Apr. 472/1 A century has witnessed the construction of the entire navigation of the Thames by pound-locks.

1879 Edinb. Rev. 150 447 In these side cuts the pound lock was introduced, with side weirs to enable the floods to escape.

1891 W. Morris News from Nowhere xxv. 190 We were at the lock in a very little time; and as we lay rising and rising on the in-coming water, I could not help wondering that my old friend the pound-lock, and that of the very simplest and most rural kind, should hold its place there.

1944 Econ. Hist. Rev. 14 172 Before the introduction of the canal-type or pound-lock into England, barges were worked through the weirs by a gap made by removing certain of the timbers.

1997 Oxoniensia 61 313 The Commission installed the first poundlocks on the river: the Swift Ditch near Abingdon and at Sandford and Iffley.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	pound-lock
释义	pound-lockn. Brit. /ˈpaʊn(d)lɒk/, U.S. /ˈpaʊn(d)ˌlɑk/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pound n.², lock n.² Etymology: < pound n.² + lock n.² Compare pond-lock n. at pond n. Compounds 2. Now chiefly historical. A lock on a canal or river with a gate and a sluice or valve at each end. Cf. lock n.² 11a, pound n.² 4(b). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > lake > pool > [noun] > artificially confined water > contrivance for impounding water > gate, lock, or sluice hatchOE clowa1250 lock1261 water lock1261 sluice1340 water gate1390 sewer-gate1402 spay1415 floodgatec1440 shuttlec1440 spayer1450 gate1496 falling gate1524 spoye1528 gote1531 penstock1542 ventil1570 drawgate1587 flood-hatch1587 turnpike1623 slaker1664 lock gate1677 hatchway1705 flash1768 turnpike-lock1771 sluice-gate1781 pound-lock1783 stop-gate1790 buck gate1791 slacker1797 aboiteau1802 koker1814 guard-lock1815 falling sluice1819 lasher1840 fender1847 tailgate1875 weir-hatch1875 wicket1875 1783 Rules, Orders, etc. Thames 13 Any of the pound-locks, lock tackle, weirs, bricks, winches. 1793 Rep. Comm. House Comm. (1803) XIV. 233 Between Day's and Sutton Locks there requires a stop or pound lock at or near Clifton Ferry. a1844 P. Nicholson Encycl. Archit. II. 109/1 The term lock, or pound-lock, more particularly denotes a contrivance, consisting of two gates, or two pairs of gates, called the lock-gates, and a chamber between them, in which the surface of the water may be made to coincide with that of the upper or lower canal, according as the upper or lower gates are opened. 1866 Sat. Rev. 21 Apr. 472/1 A century has witnessed the construction of the entire navigation of the Thames by pound-locks. 1879 Edinb. Rev. 150 447 In these side cuts the pound lock was introduced, with side weirs to enable the floods to escape. 1891 W. Morris News from Nowhere xxv. 190 We were at the lock in a very little time; and as we lay rising and rising on the in-coming water, I could not help wondering that my old friend the pound-lock, and that of the very simplest and most rural kind, should hold its place there. 1944 Econ. Hist. Rev. 14 172 Before the introduction of the canal-type or pound-lock into England, barges were worked through the weirs by a gap made by removing certain of the timbers. 1997 Oxoniensia 61 313 The Commission installed the first poundlocks on the river: the Swift Ditch near Abingdon and at Sandford and Iffley. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1783
随便看	θ36568 θ36569 θ3657 θ36570 θ36571 θ36572 θ36573 θ36574 θ36575 θ36576 θ36577 θ36578 θ36579 θ3658 θ36580 θ36581 θ36582 θ36583 θ36584 θ36585 θ36586 θ36587 θ36588 θ36589 θ3659