单词 | slack-water navigation |
释义 | > as lemmasslack-water navigation slack-water navigation n. navigation carried on by the use of locks or dams on a river. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > by river or canal inland navigation1727 canalling1834 slack-water navigation1842 rivering1891 1842 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 5 75/2 It was concluded that the time had arrived for changing the navigation of the Lehigh into a slackwater navigation. 1877 W. H. Burroughs On Taxation 28 It is difficult to see how the advantages of slackwater navigation..can be brought within the range of local objects. < as lemmas |
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