nursepond en · NOUN
Etymology
From nurse + pond.
Meanings
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(rare) A pond where fish are fed.
And I note , that when you store your pond , you are to put into it two or three melters for one spawner , if you put them into a breeding pond ; but if into a nurse-pond or feeding-pond , in which they will not breed , then no care is to be taken
1653, Iz[aak] Wa[lton], The Compleat Angler or The Contemplative Man’s Recreation. Being a Discourse of Fish and Fishing, […], London: […] T. Maxey for Rich[ard] Marriot, […], →OCLC; reprinted as The Compleat Angler (Homo Ludens; 6), Nieuwkoop, South Holland, Netherlands: Miland Publishers, 1969, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nurseponds | Number=Plur | lexicographic |