Mark Dominus (陶敏修)
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What is the shed in “watershed”? Is it a garden shed? No.
I guessed that it meant a piece of land that sheds water into some stream or river. Wrong!
The Big Dictionary says that this shed is:
The parting made in the hair by combing along the top of the head.
This meaning of “shed” fell out of use after the end of the 17th century.
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