Citations:fleeten

English citations of fleeten

1. (of milk) Skimmed?
   • 1725, Noel Chomel, Dictionaire oeconomique: or, The family dictionary‎^[1]:

     Now some call the Way of Rearing to be upon the Finger with fleeten Milk, and not suffer the Calves to run with their Dams; more particularly if the Husbandman go with an Ox Plough, it is meet at least he should breed one or two Calves, and Cow-Calves Yearly, to keep up his Stock, if he can do so; and it will be the more profit to him.

2. Of the color of skimmed milk?
   • 1640, Francis Beaumont, Queene of Corinth:

     You know where you are, you fleeten face!

1. (borrowing from German) A narrow canal used for transporting goods.
   • 1841, John Murray, augmented and carefully revised, page 315:

     It is intersected by canals, called Fleeten, and in this respect, in the antiquated appearance of its houses, and in the number of trees growing in its streets, bears a resemblance to the towns of Holland.

   • 1908, Cost of Living in German Towns:

     A peculiarity of the lower region of the town near to the harbour are the narrow necks of water known as “ Fleeten,” running inland from the river and penetrating in all directions, so forming canals by which the conveyance of merchandise of certain kinds is greatly facilitated. These " Fleeten " are lined with warehouses and inhabited buildings, often rising to a height of five and six stories, and they belong to the most picturesque features of the town.

   • 1927, The Student Magellan:

     While the city lost most of its landmarks in a devastating fire in 1842, the Aldstadt is rather curious with its network of narrow canals or "fleeten" and a few remaining old houses and buildings.