watering place

Every house was a temporary watering place where warriors gathered for training and the perfection of their grim art before the tents were struck again.

He calls Sausalito “the watering place”—which makes sense because its name means “little willows” in Spanish, and willows are streamside trees.

It has its origins in English common law, and the first Virginia statute was enacted in 1860 to allow proprietors of “watering places” to protect their establishments.

“What a commentary upon the divinity of marriage are the watering places during the summer seasons!” scoffed Victoria.

For example, as a human watering place, the kitchen counter echoes the watering hole of the animals.