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A dam is a water reservoir in the ground, confined by a barrier, embankment or excavation, on a pastoral property or similar. The term is found widely in South African, Australian and New Zealand English, and several other English dialects, such as that of Yorkshire. The term can be found in the old English folk song Three Jolly Rogues: The miller was drowned in his dam, The weaver was hung by his yarn The expression "farm dam" has this meaning unambiguously, and where the barrier or embankment is intended, it may be referred to as the "dam wall".

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  • Dam (agricultural reservoir) (en)
  • Retenue collinaire (fr)
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  • A dam is a water reservoir in the ground, confined by a barrier, embankment or excavation, on a pastoral property or similar. The term is found widely in South African, Australian and New Zealand English, and several other English dialects, such as that of Yorkshire. The term can be found in the old English folk song Three Jolly Rogues: The miller was drowned in his dam, The weaver was hung by his yarn The expression "farm dam" has this meaning unambiguously, and where the barrier or embankment is intended, it may be referred to as the "dam wall". (en)
  • Les retenues collinaires sont des ouvrages de stockage de l'eau qui sont remplies par les eaux de surface, les eaux de ruissellement. Au niveau réglementaire, elles sont considérées comme des barrages. (fr)
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  • Auckland Star (en)
  • Adelaide Observer (en)
  • Barrier Miner (en)
  • Yorke's Peninsula Advertiser And Miners' And Farmers' Journal (en)
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  • The machinery is now idle, owing to the water in the dam having dried up, but everything is in readiness for a start as soon as the rain sets in. (en)
  • A farmer, Wilfred Wylam Emslie, aged 60, was drowned on Saturday in a dam on a farm at Oakura, while attempting to rescue sheep. Resuscitation attempts failed. (en)
  • Will anything be done to dredge out silt from Stephens Creek and so increase its capacity? — Definitely no. Such an operation is never worth-while. It is always cheaper to dig a new dam. (en)
  • On Wednesday, the 3rd inst., an inquest was held at the house of Mr. H. Lamshed, J.P. near Maitland, on the body of William Lamshed, who was drowned in his father's dam on that morning. (en)
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  • A dam is a water reservoir in the ground, confined by a barrier, embankment or excavation, on a pastoral property or similar. The term is found widely in South African, Australian and New Zealand English, and several other English dialects, such as that of Yorkshire. The term can be found in the old English folk song Three Jolly Rogues: The miller was drowned in his dam, The weaver was hung by his yarn The expression "farm dam" has this meaning unambiguously, and where the barrier or embankment is intended, it may be referred to as the "dam wall". (en)
  • Les retenues collinaires sont des ouvrages de stockage de l'eau qui sont remplies par les eaux de surface, les eaux de ruissellement. Au niveau réglementaire, elles sont considérées comme des barrages. (fr)
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