What is "watering place"

Watering \Wa"ter*ing\, a. & n. from Water, v. Watering call (Mil.), a sound of trumpet or bugle summoning cavalry soldiers to assemble for the purpose of watering their horses. Watering cart, a sprinkling cart. See Water. Watering place.

1. A place where water may be obtained, as for a ship, for cattle, etc.

2. A place where there are springs of medicinal water, or a place by the sea, or by some large body of water, to which people resort for bathing, recreation, boating, etc. Watering pot.

   1. A kind of bucket fitted with a rose, or perforated nozzle, -- used for watering flowers, paths, etc.

   2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of marine bivalve shells of the genus Aspergillum, or Brechites. The valves are small, and consolidated with the capacious calcareous tube which incases the entire animal. The tube is closed at the anterior end by a convex disk perforated by numerous pores, or tubules, and resembling the rose of a watering pot.

      Watering trough, a trough from which cattle, horses, and other animals drink.

n. 1 A place where water may be obtained, as for a ship, for cattle, etc. 2 A place where there are springs of medicinal water, or a place by the sea, or by some large body of water, to which people resort for bathing, recreation, boating, etc.

n. a health resort near a spring or at the seaside [syn: watering hole, spa]

Watering place may refer to:

• watering hole, a place where animals go to drink
• spa resort, a residential facility primary intended for spa-goers
• seaside resort, a place used for relaxation or recreation located on the coast
• The Watering Place, a play written by Lyle Kessler