Conservancy

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Conservancy \Con*serv"an*cy\, n.
     Conservation, as from injury, defilement, or irregular use.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           [An act was] passed in 1866, for vesting in the
           Conservators of the River Thames the conservancy of the


           Thames and Isis.                         --Mozley & W.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  conservancy
       n 1: a commission with jurisdiction over fisheries and navigation
            in a port or river
       2: the official conservation of trees and soil and rivers etc.