RESERVOIR', noun A place where any thing is kept in store, particularly a place where water is collected and kept for use when wanted, as to supply a fountain, a canal or a city by means of aqueducts, or to drive a mill-wheel and the like; a cistern; a mill-pond; a bason.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.