water bailiff

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

It can be lifted out of the river, or launched upon it anywhere, without leaving trace; whereas with an ordinary skiff the moorings might be marked, the embarkation observed, and the night netter followed to his netting-place by the watchful water bailiff.

From Project Gutenberg

Derrick Worthington, 49, a former Royal Marine who has been a water bailiff for 14 years on Wales' Pembrokeshire rivers, feels that "any bailiff who says the adrenaline isn't flowing when he is out stalking is lying."

From Time Magazine Archive

Those dark and dirty billows' sport, Together hurled, went squash, and flop: And one who stemmed, till Hope's last glimmer, The slab surge that did round him simmer, The Water Bailiff—sturdy swimmer; He too was swamped amid the slop.

From Project Gutenberg

Father Thames having concluded his evidence, his sister Medway was about to offer her statement of grievances, when an usher announced that the Water Bailiff was coming up stairs.

From Project Gutenberg

He continued to reside in Horncastle and, having no employment, he accepted the post of water bailiff to the local angling association, which he filled for some time, until he eventually disappeared from the scene of his labours, which were thought by not a few to be somewhat “fishy” in the unfavourable sense of being at least questionable in their nature.

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