dewpond

English

Alternative forms

  • dew pond, dew-pond

Etymology

From dew +‎ pond.

Noun

dewpond (plural dewponds)

  1. (now rare) A shallow (typically artificial) pond occurring in hills without any spring as source, originally thought to be fed by condensation (dew or mist), and now generally believed to be rainfed.
    Synonyms: mist-pond, fog-pond
    • 1903, Rudyard Kipling, Five Nations, Sussex:
      We have no waters to delight / Our broad and brookless vales— / Only the dewpond on the height / Unfed, that never fails […] .
    • 1915, DH Lawrence, The Rainbow, Vintage, published 2011, page 431:
      Her hair was loose and blew about her shoulders, she ran swiftly, wearing sandals when she set off on the long run to the dewpond.

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