watering place
British. a seaside or lakeside vacation resort featuring bathing, boating, etc.
a health resort near mineral springs, a lake, or the sea, featuring therapeutic baths, water cures, or the like.
a place where drinking water may be obtained by humans or animals, as a spring or water hole.
Origin of watering place
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How to use watering place in a sentence
The most convenient watering-place is near the centre of the beach, a little to the northward of the highest hills.
This town has been known as a watering place since 1606 and has maintained great popularity ever since.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. MurphyThe fourth regatta of the season took place away from the port, and off the new watering-place, Lee-on-Solent.
Yachting Vol. 2 | Various.After visiting all the places of note in the town, the coachman was ordered to drive to the watering place on the sea shore.
Rollo in Holland | Jacob AbbottFrom Ipswich he went to Bath, the fashionable watering-place, where he painted the visitors who came in the summer for the cure.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) | Richard Muther
British Dictionary definitions for watering place
a place where drinking water for men or animals may be obtained
British a spa
British a seaside resort
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