watergraven.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtəɡreɪv/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdərˌɡreɪv/,

/ˈwɑdərˌɡreɪv/

Forms: late Middle English wateregrave, 1600s watergraue, 1800s– watergrave.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., grave n.³

Etymology: < water n. + grave n.³In use with reference to an officer in medieval Flanders, ultimately after Dutch watergraaf (Middle Dutch wātergrāve; now historical); compare German Wassergraf (15th cent., apparently originally with reference to an officer in Nuremberg; now historical).

Chiefly in medieval Flanders: an officer responsible for overseeing the use of lakes, rivers, and other waterways, esp. with regard to the protection of fishing privileges or the maintenance and use of canals, sluices, bridges, etc. Cf. water bailiff n. 3. Now historical.

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society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun] > enforcer of laws relating to fishing

water bailie1467

watergrave1479

water bailiff1633

1479 in J. Raine Priory of Hexham (1865) II. 73 (MED) Ale-graves, watere-graves, et iiij juratos.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. iv. vi. 280 The Water-Graues [in Flanders], (ouerseeing Lakes and Riuers for Swannes, fishing, and other like things), are offices giuen at the Princes pleasure, and not proper to any Familie.

1851 tr. J. Collin de Plancy Legends Commandments of God x. 171 Joseph Barth, just appointed Watergrave in the place of the defunct, arrived, according to the prince's orders.

1853 J. G. Nichols Topographer & Genealogist II. 471 Peter vander Eycken, Gruyer, Watergrave, and Pluymgrave, of the country and duchy of Brabant.

1940 Pacific Hist. Rev. 9 13 In 1341 and 1342 he served as count of the waters (watergrave or comte des eaux et rivières), a post of considerable importance.

1992 D. Nicholas Medieval Flanders xi. 340 Income from the farmland, the watergraves and moormasters.., agricultural rents,..and the yield of woodlands.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	watergrave
释义	watergraven. Brit. /ˈwɔːtəɡreɪv/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərˌɡreɪv/, /ˈwɑdərˌɡreɪv/ Forms: late Middle English wateregrave, 1600s watergraue, 1800s– watergrave. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., grave n.³ Etymology: < water n. + grave n.³In use with reference to an officer in medieval Flanders, ultimately after Dutch watergraaf (Middle Dutch wātergrāve; now historical); compare German Wassergraf (15th cent., apparently originally with reference to an officer in Nuremberg; now historical). Chiefly in medieval Flanders: an officer responsible for overseeing the use of lakes, rivers, and other waterways, esp. with regard to the protection of fishing privileges or the maintenance and use of canals, sluices, bridges, etc. Cf. water bailiff n. 3. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun] > enforcer of laws relating to fishing water bailie1467 watergrave1479 water bailiff1633 1479 in J. Raine Priory of Hexham (1865) II. 73 (MED) Ale-graves, watere-graves, et iiij juratos. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. iv. vi. 280 The Water-Graues [in Flanders], (ouerseeing Lakes and Riuers for Swannes, fishing, and other like things), are offices giuen at the Princes pleasure, and not proper to any Familie. 1851 tr. J. Collin de Plancy Legends Commandments of God x. 171 Joseph Barth, just appointed Watergrave in the place of the defunct, arrived, according to the prince's orders. 1853 J. G. Nichols Topographer & Genealogist II. 471 Peter vander Eycken, Gruyer, Watergrave, and Pluymgrave, of the country and duchy of Brabant. 1940 Pacific Hist. Rev. 9 13 In 1341 and 1342 he served as count of the waters (watergrave or comte des eaux et rivières), a post of considerable importance. 1992 D. Nicholas Medieval Flanders xi. 340 Income from the farmland, the watergraves and moormasters.., agricultural rents,..and the yield of woodlands. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1479
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