| 单词 | water shute |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater shute water shute n. = water chute n. [Compare earlier watershoot n. 2.] ΚΠ 1667 Inventory in Wilts. Notes & Queries (1907) Mar. 391 Item, in the brewhouse, two coolers,..two water shutes with old tubbs and other lumber. 1828 Jackson's Oxf. Jrnl. 16 Feb. Scalding copper tubs and water shutes. 1882 F. W. P. Jago Anc. Lang. & Dial. Cornwall 206 Launder,..a water shute of a building. 1902 Art Jrnl. July 230/2 For purely physical diversion, have they not thoughtfully provided a switchback railway and a water-shute. 2004 P. Hobhouse Gardens of Persia 94 (caption) Descending pools and rills.., lined with turquoise tiles and linked by water shutes, lead to the [garden's] main cypress-lined axis. < as lemmas |
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