water bailiff

British  

noun

1. an official responsible for enforcing laws on river management and fishing

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Example Sentences

I zay, though, it’s rather queer, isn’t it, for me to be water bailiff and keeper over the vish as I used to take.

From Nic Revel A White Slave's Adventures in Alligator Land by Groome, William H. C.

He had asked about wild fowl shooting in the neighbourhood, and the old man had been a water bailiff on the Broads in his younger days.

From The Shrieking Pit by Rees, Arthur J. (Arthur John)

There was no keeper or water bailiff, not even a notice board.

From Nature Near London by Jefferies, Richard

One was Jim Bassett, under foreman at Duke's quarry, and one was Ringrose, the water bailiff who lives in the end cottage.

From The Red Redmaynes by Phillpotts, Eden

A few quarrymenn and their families live there, and also Tom Ringrose, the water bailiff down on Walkham River.

From The Red Redmaynes by Phillpotts, Eden