Definition of turkey nest in English:

turkey nest

(also turkey nest dam, turkey nest tank)

noun

Australian

A reservoir built in flat country that has a high embankment of earth around it.
he climbed to the top of the turkey nest. The water was down about three feet from the overflow
Example sentencesExamples
- The cook wanders up to the top of the turkeys nest, and sits in amongst the grass, and enjoys the weak warmth of the morning sun.
- We drive 240 kilometers before dawn to get to a "turkey nest".
- A turkey-nest type dam can be cost-effectively built on flat ground, requiring no natural topographical depression or valley.
- There has already been a good deal of land clearing, track building, the formation of a Turkey Nest dam and extensive drilling for water.
- A bore with a windpump brought more water to the surface there and filled a turkey-nest tank, in which we all took turns to wash.

Origin

1940s: from its resemblance to the nest constructed by the Australian brush turkey.

词汇	turkey nest
释义	Definition of turkey nest in English: turkey nest (also turkey nest dam, turkey nest tank) noun Australian A reservoir built in flat country that has a high embankment of earth around it. he climbed to the top of the turkey nest. The water was down about three feet from the overflow Example sentencesExamples The cook wanders up to the top of the turkeys nest, and sits in amongst the grass, and enjoys the weak warmth of the morning sun. We drive 240 kilometers before dawn to get to a "turkey nest". A turkey-nest type dam can be cost-effectively built on flat ground, requiring no natural topographical depression or valley. There has already been a good deal of land clearing, track building, the formation of a Turkey Nest dam and extensive drilling for water. A bore with a windpump brought more water to the surface there and filled a turkey-nest tank, in which we all took turns to wash. Origin 1940s: from its resemblance to the nest constructed by the Australian brush turkey.
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