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Definition of Polders
1. polder [n] - See also: polder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polders
Literary usage of Polders
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Europe by George Goudie Chisholm (1902)
"For the most part sea-polders are naturally drained at low tide, but the feu-polders
are necessarily drained entirely by pumping. This drainage is carried ..."
2. Holland as Seen and Described by Famous Writers edited by Esther Singleton (1906)
"Formerly lakes and marshes, these polders were dyked and girdled with broad ...
The Dutch Boor is usually, in these polders at least, the proprietor of his ..."
3. European Agriculture and Rural Economy. From Personal Observation by Henry Colman (1848)
"THE DYKES AND polders. turist from the richness of their crops, ... THE DYKES
AND polders. The extent and magnitude of these embankments is matter of ..."
4. Planet Geographyby Stephen Codrington by Stephen Codrington (2005)
"Polder Management and Water Boards As more and more polders were enclosed by
dykes, the more difficult they became to drain and keep dry. ..."
5. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"polders. [D.] Non-tidal marshes in the Low Countries, artificially drained by a
series of canals at successively higher levels ..."
6. The Agriculture and Rural Economy of France, Belgium, Holland and by Henry Colman (1848)
"THE DYKES AND polders. The extent and magnitude of these embankments is matter
of inexpressible surprise; and one is compelled to ask, where and who are the ..."
7. Catalogue of the Library of the Institution of Civil Engineers by Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy, Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain). Library (1866)
"polders, Holland. Vide ROYAL COMMISSION, &c. and RECLAMATIONS, steam pumping of.
Vide SIMONS. POLE, W. A familiar essay on the errors of time keepers. ..."
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