water trough

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

abbeveratoio

trogolo

sinonimi

rainspout

downspout

gutter

waterspout

cistern

spout

trough

sink

boat transporting drinking water

Traduzioni

abreuvoir

auge

Wassertrog

pila

abrevadero

waterbak

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: water trouȝ

Affine frisone occidentale: wettertroch

Affine olandese: watertrog

Affine tedesco: Wassertrog

Affine danese: vandtrug

Affine svedese: 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”).