water trough

Significat (Anglès)

1. a long trough placed between the rails in a railway track, which enabled a steam locomotive to replenish its water supply without stopping by lowering a scoop. They were removed at the end of steam train operation.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see water, trough: a watering trough for livestock.

Sinònims

rainspout

downspout

gutter

waterspout

cistern

spout

trough

sink

boat transporting drinking water

Traduccions

abreuvoir

abbeveratoio

trogolo

waterbak

pila

Wassertrog

abrevadero

auge

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: water trouȝ

Cognat amb frisó occidental: wettertroch

Cognat amb neerlandès: watertrog

Cognat amb alemany: Wassertrog

Cognat amb danès: vandtrug

Cognat amb suec: vattentrog

In summary

From Middle English water trouȝ, equivalent to water + trough. Cognate with West Frisian wettertroch (“water trough”), Dutch watertrog (“water trough”), German Wassertrog (“water trough”), Danish vandtrug (“water trough”), Swedish vattentrog (“water trough”).