a piece of land fronting on a lake, river, etc.
- 1791  (1905)  With respect to the granting of these concessions to the proprietors of the water Lots without discrimination some strange language it is said has been held out.
- 1859  Proclamations are issued about towns, town lots and water lots, rules and regulations, as though it was the all important subject.
- 1965  Contrary to custom, he [Baillie] demanded payment for the use of "water lots" on the rivers and harbours where merchants constructed wharves and booms.