soak-hole

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


an enclosed place in a streamin which sheep are washed.

1881. A. C. Grant, `Bush Life in Queensland,' vol. i. p. 82:

«Parallel poles, resting on forks driven into the bed of thewater-hole, were run out on the surface of the stream, formingsquare soak-holes, a long, narrow lane leading to the dryland.»

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