hammer pond

American  

noun

1. an artificial pond for maintaining a head of water at a water mill.

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Etymology

Origin of hammer pond

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

“Those are the General’s, where the pheasants are, and if you look between those fir-trees you can just get a peep of the hammer pond where the big eels are.”

From Burr Junior by Earnshaw, H. C. (Harold C.)

I have been out with Bunny Wrigg sometimes when he has been setting night-lines in the old hammer pond, and catching big eels, and sometimes wild ducks, and— Pst!

From The New Forest Spy by Evans, W.D.E.

To have an hour or two in the hammer pond.

From Burr Junior by Earnshaw, H. C. (Harold C.)