ˈmill-pool
[mill n.1]
A mill-pond.
| c 800 in Birch Cartul. Sax. I. 418 In þone mylen pol of þam pole to þære port stræte. c 883 Ibid. II. 174 On myle pul of mylen pulle in afene stream. c 1530–40 J. Heywood Play of Wether 461 (Brandl) Our floodgate, our mylpoole, our water whele. 1604 Breton Grimellos Fortunes D iv, This..man, drawing one daie a Mill-poole, among other fish, lighted on a verie great Eele. 1808 Sporting Mag. XXX. 248 The mill-pool of Mr. Rodwell of East Harling, Norfolk. 1905 Macm. Mag. Nov. 6 The chub are beginning to rise in the mill-pool. |