Use for automata, water jets, or other devices designed to spray, soak, and surprise unwary onlookers in gardens; generally activated by hidden, usually pressure-sensitive, levers, springs, or similar triggers; popular especially during the Renaissance.
AAT
3000260407
fountains, joke
fountains, trick
jests, water
joke fountains
joke-fountains
jokes, water
trick fountains
tricks, water
water games
water jests
water jokes
water-tricks
13yrs ago
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