In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
pondage (plural pondages)
The small water storage behind the weir of a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power plant.
The water in a reservoir.
Source: Wiktionary
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.