acequia madren.

Brit.

/əˌseɪkɪə ˈmɑːdreɪ/, U.S.

/əˌseɪkjə ˈmɑˌdreɪ/

Inflections: Plural acequia madres, acequias madres.

Forms: see acequia n. and madre n.

Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish acequia madre.

Etymology: < Spanish acequia madre mother irrigation channel (1743 or earlier) < acequia acequia n. + madre madre n.In plural form acequias madres after the Spanish plural form.

Chiefly in Mexico and the south-western United States: a main or central irrigation channel; (also) a main or central open drain. Cf. acequia n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > irrigation devices

acequia madre1835

trunk1856

irrigation-wheel1864

lawn-sprinklera1884

levada1885

knapsack sprayer1897

lawn-sprayer1943

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > ditch

dikec893

gripa1000

ditch1045

fosselOE

water-furrowlOE

sow1316

furrowc1330

rick1332

sewer1402

gripplec1440

soughc1440

grindle1463

sheugh1513

syre1513

rain?1523

trench1523

slough1532

drain1552

fowsie?1553

thorougha1555

rean1591

potting1592

trink1592

syver1606

graft1644

work1649

by-ditch1650

water fence1651

master drain1652

rode1662

pudge1671

gripe1673

sulcus1676

rhine1698

rilling1725

mine1743

foot trench1765

through1777

trench drain1779

trenchlet1782

sunk fence1786

float1790

foot drain1795

tail-drain1805

flow-dike1812

groopa1825

holla1825

thorough drain1824

yawner1832

acequia madre1835

drove1844

leader1844

furrow-drain1858

1835 F. Warriner Cruise of U.S. Frigate Potomac 277 They [sc. the asequias] flow in their freshness through the streets of Lima, which run east and west, deriving their supply of water from the Rimac through the Asequia Madre or Mother Canal.

1896 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 9 115 On the Rio Grande there are such porciones,..which are fifteen miles deep, with a frontage of one hundred varas or a little over 300 feet along the acequia madre.

1921 E. M. Rhodes Stepsons of Light iii. 61 They came to a bridge over the acequia madre, the mother ditch, wide and deep.

1992 R. Anaya Albuquerque xvi.177 When the work was almost done and the acequia madre was opened, there was a sense of relief.

2005 J. A. Vlasich Pueblo Indian Agric. ii. 52 After the acequias madres and sangrías were laid out, irrigable plots were distributed to the farmers.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acequia madre
释义	acequia madren. Brit. /əˌseɪkɪə ˈmɑːdreɪ/, U.S. /əˌseɪkjə ˈmɑˌdreɪ/ Inflections: Plural acequia madres, acequias madres. Forms: see acequia n. and madre n. Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish acequia madre. Etymology: < Spanish acequia madre mother irrigation channel (1743 or earlier) < acequia acequia n. + madre madre n.In plural form acequias madres after the Spanish plural form. Chiefly in Mexico and the south-western United States: a main or central irrigation channel; (also) a main or central open drain. Cf. acequia n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > [noun] > irrigation devices acequia madre1835 trunk1856 irrigation-wheel1864 lawn-sprinklera1884 levada1885 knapsack sprayer1897 lawn-sprayer1943 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > preparation of land or soil > ditching or drainage > [noun] > ditch dikec893 gripa1000 ditch1045 fosselOE water-furrowlOE sow1316 furrowc1330 rick1332 sewer1402 gripplec1440 soughc1440 grindle1463 sheugh1513 syre1513 rain?1523 trench1523 slough1532 drain1552 fowsie?1553 thorougha1555 rean1591 potting1592 trink1592 syver1606 graft1644 work1649 by-ditch1650 water fence1651 master drain1652 rode1662 pudge1671 gripe1673 sulcus1676 rhine1698 rilling1725 mine1743 foot trench1765 through1777 trench drain1779 trenchlet1782 sunk fence1786 float1790 foot drain1795 tail-drain1805 flow-dike1812 groopa1825 holla1825 thorough drain1824 yawner1832 acequia madre1835 drove1844 leader1844 furrow-drain1858 1835 F. Warriner Cruise of U.S. Frigate Potomac 277 They [sc. the asequias] flow in their freshness through the streets of Lima, which run east and west, deriving their supply of water from the Rimac through the Asequia Madre or Mother Canal. 1896 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 9 115 On the Rio Grande there are such porciones,..which are fifteen miles deep, with a frontage of one hundred varas or a little over 300 feet along the acequia madre. 1921 E. M. Rhodes Stepsons of Light iii. 61 They came to a bridge over the acequia madre, the mother ditch, wide and deep. 1992 R. Anaya Albuquerque xvi.177 When the work was almost done and the acequia madre was opened, there was a sense of relief. 2005 J. A. Vlasich Pueblo Indian Agric. ii. 52 After the acequias madres and sangrías were laid out, irrigable plots were distributed to the farmers. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1835
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