water-troughs

Jacob, by putting rods into the water-troughs, caused the sheep of his uncle to conceive, so that he should obtain their young.

ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001

Enterolobium wood may also be used for boat-building because of its durability in water; it has been used in the past for water-troughs and dug-out canoes.

Chapter 8 1996

Enterolobium wood may also be used for boat-building because of its durability in water; it has been used in the past for water-troughs and dug-out canoes.

Chapter 7 1990

Round the water-troughs in the lavatorium, over their ablutions, Meriet's fellows were making the most of his absence.

The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983

Round the water-troughs in the lavatorium, over their ablutions, Meriet's fellows were making the most of his absence.

The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983

The natives take two sheaths of the sago-plant and make them into water-troughs.

Chatterbox, 1905. Various

Next to the tanks was a long row of canvas water-troughs, handy affairs which can be erected in a few minutes; and finally the two were connected by means of hand-pumps, each tank supplying a certain number of troughs.

With Our Army in Palestine Antony Bluett

At dusk on the fifth day after our arrival we too departed; and the engineers were busy striking the canvas water-troughs in the nullah as we passed.

With Our Army in Palestine Antony Bluett

A "sausage" balloon anchored to the ground, a pumping-station and four square-shaped water-troughs, and a dozen or so shanties built of sandbags and rusted iron, dotted the green-and-brown landscape.

Pushed and the Return Push George Herbert Fosdike Nichols

I found a quiet corner, and wrote out a 'Punch' idea that a demand for our water-troughs to be camouflaged had put into my head.

Pushed and the Return Push George Herbert Fosdike Nichols