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Definition of Acequia
1. n. A canal or trench for irrigating land.
Definition of Acequia
1. Noun. (context: used in the Southwestern US or in reference to Spain) an acequia, an irrigation ditch ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Acequia
1. an irrigation ditch or canal [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acequia
Literary usage of Acequia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1886)
"... unincorporated acequia» on the south bide of Salt rivel in Maricopa County ;
to punish the unlawful ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Irrigation: Including the Law of Water-rights and by Clesson Selwyne Kinney (1894)
"3210 provides: " That in case a community or people desire to construct an acequia
in any part of this Territory and the persons desiring to construct the ..."
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