watershootn.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtəˌʃuːt/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdərˌʃut/,

/ˈwɑdərˌʃut/

Forms: see water n. and shoot n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., shoot n.¹

Etymology: < water n. + shoot n.¹ With sense 1 compare Dutch waterschoot (1533), waterscheut (1551); compare earlier water-bough n. and discussion at that entry. With use with reference to fast-flowing water (see senses 2 and 3) compare Middle Low German waterschutte , German †Wasserschuss (late 14th cent., apparently earliest with reference to a mill race), both with a related second element (see shute n.¹). With these senses compare also earlier waterfall n. Compare also watershot n. With sense 3b compare earlier water chute n. at water n. Compounds 7 and water slide n. 1b.

1. A side shoot growing from a latent bud in the trunk or a main branch of a tree; a lower or subsidiary branch; (loosely) a sucker (sucker n. 4a). Cf. water-bough n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > bough or branch > lower branch or sucker growing from root

water-boughOE

under-bough?1523

watershoot1585

water twig1601

wash bough1612

under-twiga1774

1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 140/1 Stolones,..water~shootes: young shoots or sciences that growe out of the rootes or sides of the stocke, and proue not.

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvii. xx. 525 Those superfluous water-shoots that spring out either from the root or the sides of the tree.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 84/2 The Water shoots, or suckers, are twigs that grow from the roots of trees.

1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. vii. 136 And if any strong wood or water-shoots push from the apricot or peach-tree, except they serve to fill up a vacancy, they ought to be taken off.

1854 Cottage Gardener 17 Nov. 129/1 The trees are most luxuriant, fine, well grown wood, not a water-shoot in all the trees.

1953 D. M. Wright Dwarf Fruit Trees vi. 53 All that is necessary is the annual cutting out of..strongly growing ‘water shoots’.

1965 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 26 Sept. 15 Water shoots are strongly growing stems, usually sappy and developing rapidly.

2001 Ann. Bot. 88 1196/2 A bladder rudiment may develop into a water-shoot.

a. A channel or gutter for water to flow through; (in later use) esp. a pipe or chute through which water from a gutter drains.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > channel for conveyance of water > for surplus water

sluicea1552

watershoot1599

offlet?1744

dale1851

waste-way1881

spill1900

1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. A Water shoote, vide Canál de água.

1712 J. Morton Nat. Hist. Northants. 3 The Weland..glides with a gentle Stream to Stamford, and is Navigable from thence to Spalding, by the help of several Penns, Locks, or Water-shoots.

1781 Catal. Houshold Goods H. Brownrigg (J. Braxton, Auctioneer) 65 Two long water shoots, eighteen feet each.

1807 Lett. & Papers Agric. (Bath & West of Eng. Soc.) XI. 234 Seeing some water-shoots which had been pitched and painted in the common way, taken down in a state of complete rottenness.

1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 182 A transparent, gurgling rill, which is conducted through a rustic water-shoot.

1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. x. 108 The bark from the wood-ricks [being] washed down the gutters, and even our water-shoot going brown.

1906 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 Sept. 661/1 The hideous factories, tall chimneys, and obtrusive water shoots by which the cliff immediately below the Falls on the American side has been defaced.

1924 E. M. Forster Passage to India xi. 121 He passed into a region where these joys had no enemies but bloomed harmoniously in an eternal garden, or ran down watershoots of ribbed marble.

1981 R. Foster Discovering Eng. Churches 276/1 Gargoyle, a stone water-shoot draining a gutter and generally carved as a grotesque face.

1985 J. Tamm Restorations in Old Tallinn 16 A new central watershoot and gargoyle were built.

†b. Water carried off by drainage; outflow of drainage water from land. Also: an instance of this. Obsolete.

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the world > matter > liquid > water > [noun] > drained from land

watershoot1625

1625 G. Markham Inrichm. Weald of Kent 11 It is good also to draw a crosse or quarter Furrow, and opening the ends of all your land Furrowes into it, to leaue the other ends of your Furrowes stopped, that the water-shoot runne not all the length of the field.

1639 tr. J. A. Comenius Porta Linguarum Reserata (new ed.) vii Fens (bogs, marishes) are raising springs or quits, that run not (have no water-shoot).

1712 J. Mortimer Art of Husbandry: Pt. II 164 The Drips of the Houses, the Water of the declining Walks, and the Water-shoots of other adjacent Lands, which may be reserved in Cisterns or Ponds so as to be of use.

1727 R. Bradley Compl. Body Husbandry xii. 216 Our staple would be apt to wash off from the tops to the bottoms, and sometimes be quite carried off the lands, if water shoots happen to come very strong.

a. A waterfall, a cascade.In quot. 1938: a cascading wave.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > waterfall > [noun]

linnc975

waterfallOE

fallc1350

spout1534

waterspout1560

overfall1596

force1600

sault1600

watershoot1669

cascade1671

leap1796

chute1805

water wall1847

1669 J. Ogilby tr. J. Nieuhof Embassy E.-India Company 237 Near to the City Hoeicheu, lyes the River Singan, which has at least 360. Water-shoots [Du. Watervallen] falling into it, between Vales and Rocks.

1874 Times 20 Feb. 10/5 The most charming feature of the whole of this region is its waterfalls, watershoots, rapids, and cascades.

1883 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 24 Oct. 1/2 The Rhine falls..are exceedingly fine watershoots and cascades.

1938 D. Wheatley Uncharted Seas ii. 38 The boat slid up a watery mountain... For a second it hovered,..then slithered down a natural watershoot to unseen depths.

2011 M. Richards Western Fells 292 Continue up to the cascades and water-shoots of the higher Brimfull Beck ravine.

b. A chute or slide which descends into water, esp. one at a swimming pool or amusement park; = water slide n. 1b. Cf. water chute n., water shute n. at water n. Compounds 7.

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the world > the earth > water > waterfall > [noun] > cascade > artificial

water shute1667

water chute1834

water slide1889

watershoot1897

1897 Dundee Courier & Argus 17 June 7 The famous water shoot..in the Perth Bath. One and all voted it the best apparatus ever seen in a swimming bath.

1900 E. Glyn Visits of Elizabeth 26 In the evening Uncle Geoffrey took us to the Exhibition to go down in the Water Shoot.

1930 A. Waugh Hot Countries vii. 185 There are diving boards and water shoots and trapezes.

1970 Entertainment World 27 Mar. 24/2 Even the worst rapids look like fun—a little tougher than bellying down the watershoots of Disneyland's Matterhorn.

2010 Sunday Times (Nexis) 2 May (Mag. section) 7 You can buy a pass for the day, which allows you to roam the arcades..and join the queue at the swimming-pool watershoot.

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

单词	watershoot
释义	watershootn. Brit. /ˈwɔːtəˌʃuːt/, U.S. /ˈwɔdərˌʃut/, /ˈwɑdərˌʃut/ Forms: see water n. and shoot n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., shoot n.¹ Etymology: < water n. + shoot n.¹ With sense 1 compare Dutch waterschoot (1533), waterscheut (1551); compare earlier water-bough n. and discussion at that entry. With use with reference to fast-flowing water (see senses 2 and 3) compare Middle Low German waterschutte , German †Wasserschuss (late 14th cent., apparently earliest with reference to a mill race), both with a related second element (see shute n.¹). With these senses compare also earlier waterfall n. Compare also watershot n. With sense 3b compare earlier water chute n. at water n. Compounds 7 and water slide n. 1b. 1. A side shoot growing from a latent bud in the trunk or a main branch of a tree; a lower or subsidiary branch; (loosely) a sucker (sucker n. 4a). Cf. water-bough n. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > part of tree or woody plant > [noun] > bough or branch > lower branch or sucker growing from root water-boughOE under-bough?1523 watershoot1585 water twig1601 wash bough1612 under-twiga1774 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 140/1 Stolones,..water~shootes: young shoots or sciences that growe out of the rootes or sides of the stocke, and proue not. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvii. xx. 525 Those superfluous water-shoots that spring out either from the root or the sides of the tree. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 84/2 The Water shoots, or suckers, are twigs that grow from the roots of trees. 1799 tr. Laboratory (ed. 6) II. vii. 136 And if any strong wood or water-shoots push from the apricot or peach-tree, except they serve to fill up a vacancy, they ought to be taken off. 1854 Cottage Gardener 17 Nov. 129/1 The trees are most luxuriant, fine, well grown wood, not a water-shoot in all the trees. 1953 D. M. Wright Dwarf Fruit Trees vi. 53 All that is necessary is the annual cutting out of..strongly growing ‘water shoots’. 1965 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 26 Sept. 15 Water shoots are strongly growing stems, usually sappy and developing rapidly. 2001 Ann. Bot. 88 1196/2 A bladder rudiment may develop into a water-shoot. 2. a. A channel or gutter for water to flow through; (in later use) esp. a pipe or chute through which water from a gutter drains. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > channel for conveyance of water > for surplus water sluicea1552 watershoot1599 offlet?1744 dale1851 waste-way1881 spill1900 1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. A Water shoote, vide Canál de água. 1712 J. Morton Nat. Hist. Northants. 3 The Weland..glides with a gentle Stream to Stamford, and is Navigable from thence to Spalding, by the help of several Penns, Locks, or Water-shoots. 1781 Catal. Houshold Goods H. Brownrigg (J. Braxton, Auctioneer) 65 Two long water shoots, eighteen feet each. 1807 Lett. & Papers Agric. (Bath & West of Eng. Soc.) XI. 234 Seeing some water-shoots which had been pitched and painted in the common way, taken down in a state of complete rottenness. 1834 W. Beckford Italy; with Sketches Spain & Portugal II. 182 A transparent, gurgling rill, which is conducted through a rustic water-shoot. 1869 R. D. Blackmore Lorna Doone I. x. 108 The bark from the wood-ricks [being] washed down the gutters, and even our water-shoot going brown. 1906 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 15 Sept. 661/1 The hideous factories, tall chimneys, and obtrusive water shoots by which the cliff immediately below the Falls on the American side has been defaced. 1924 E. M. Forster Passage to India xi. 121 He passed into a region where these joys had no enemies but bloomed harmoniously in an eternal garden, or ran down watershoots of ribbed marble. 1981 R. Foster Discovering Eng. Churches 276/1 Gargoyle, a stone water-shoot draining a gutter and generally carved as a grotesque face. 1985 J. Tamm Restorations in Old Tallinn 16 A new central watershoot and gargoyle were built. †b. Water carried off by drainage; outflow of drainage water from land. Also: an instance of this. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > water > [noun] > drained from land watershoot1625 1625 G. Markham Inrichm. Weald of Kent 11 It is good also to draw a crosse or quarter Furrow, and opening the ends of all your land Furrowes into it, to leaue the other ends of your Furrowes stopped, that the water-shoot runne not all the length of the field. 1639 tr. J. A. Comenius Porta Linguarum Reserata (new ed.) vii Fens (bogs, marishes) are raising springs or quits, that run not (have no water-shoot). 1712 J. Mortimer Art of Husbandry: Pt. II 164 The Drips of the Houses, the Water of the declining Walks, and the Water-shoots of other adjacent Lands, which may be reserved in Cisterns or Ponds so as to be of use. 1727 R. Bradley Compl. Body Husbandry xii. 216 Our staple would be apt to wash off from the tops to the bottoms, and sometimes be quite carried off the lands, if water shoots happen to come very strong. 3. a. A waterfall, a cascade.In quot. 1938: a cascading wave. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > waterfall > [noun] linnc975 waterfallOE fallc1350 spout1534 waterspout1560 overfall1596 force1600 sault1600 watershoot1669 cascade1671 leap1796 chute1805 water wall1847 1669 J. Ogilby tr. J. Nieuhof Embassy E.-India Company 237 Near to the City Hoeicheu, lyes the River Singan, which has at least 360. Water-shoots [Du. Watervallen] falling into it, between Vales and Rocks. 1874 Times 20 Feb. 10/5 The most charming feature of the whole of this region is its waterfalls, watershoots, rapids, and cascades. 1883 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 24 Oct. 1/2 The Rhine falls..are exceedingly fine watershoots and cascades. 1938 D. Wheatley Uncharted Seas ii. 38 The boat slid up a watery mountain... For a second it hovered,..then slithered down a natural watershoot to unseen depths. 2011 M. Richards Western Fells 292 Continue up to the cascades and water-shoots of the higher Brimfull Beck ravine. b. A chute or slide which descends into water, esp. one at a swimming pool or amusement park; = water slide n. 1b. Cf. water chute n., water shute n. at water n. Compounds 7. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > waterfall > [noun] > cascade > artificial water shute1667 water chute1834 water slide1889 watershoot1897 1897 Dundee Courier & Argus 17 June 7 The famous water shoot..in the Perth Bath. One and all voted it the best apparatus ever seen in a swimming bath. 1900 E. Glyn Visits of Elizabeth 26 In the evening Uncle Geoffrey took us to the Exhibition to go down in the Water Shoot. 1930 A. Waugh Hot Countries vii. 185 There are diving boards and water shoots and trapezes. 1970 Entertainment World 27 Mar. 24/2 Even the worst rapids look like fun—a little tougher than bellying down the watershoots of Disneyland's Matterhorn. 2010 Sunday Times (Nexis) 2 May (Mag. section) 7 You can buy a pass for the day, which allows you to roam the arcades..and join the queue at the swimming-pool watershoot. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1585
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