watering place

English

watering place (plural watering places)

A place where water may be obtained, e.g. for a ship or for cattle.
- 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
  The station of the little watering-place was almost deserted, but a small, fat man in a fur overcoat ran forward to meet them, and greeted them warmly.
A place where there are springs of medicinal water, or a place by the sea, or by some large body of water, that people visit for bathing, recreation, boating, etc.
- 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
  "You should drop all work instantly, Challenger, and take three months in a German watering-place," said he.
- 1940 May, H. Fayle, “The Bessbrook & Newry Tramway”, in Railway Magazine, page 285:
  Newry [...] cannot be described as a tourist centre, though it is only six miles from the well-known watering place of Warrenpoint.
- 2020 July 29, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Railways that reach out over the waves”, in Rail, page 49:
  At 2,248 feet in length, the pier was designed to meet the needs of steamers, with the town a popular watering-place among Victorian and Edwardian visitors.
(informal) A place where alcohol is sold and consumed; a bar.