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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A ford, a place where a river or stream is shallow enough to be crossed without the provision of a bridge..
The village itself, however, is invisible until you come to a corner with an archaic wooden pump high on the right bank, turn, and then suddenly, there it is - all of Kersey, running steeply down The Street to a water-splash through a tributary of the Brett, and up again, just as steeply, to the summit of Church Hill.
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Water-splash means A ford, a place where a river or stream is shallow enough to be crossed without the provision of a bridge..
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The village itself, however, is invisible until you come to a corner with an archaic wooden pump high on the right bank, turn, and then suddenly, there it is - all of Kersey, running steeply down The Street to a water-splash through a tributary of the Brett, and up again, just as steeply, to the summit of Church Hill.
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