Weir

Noun

 * 1) an adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream
 * 2) a fence placed across a river to catch fish

Thesaurus
aboideau, air lock, arch dam, avenue, backstop, bamboo curtain, bank, bar, barrage, barrier, bear-trap dam, beaver dam, blowhole, boom, breakwater, breastwork, brick wall, buffer, bulkhead, bulwark, channel, chute, cofferdam, dam, debouch, defense, dike, ditch, dock gate, door, earthwork, egress, embankment, emunctory, escape, estuary, exhaust, exit, fence, flood-hatch, floodgate, flume, gate, gravity dam, groin, head gate, hydraulic-fill dam, iron curtain, jam, jetty, leaping weir, levee, lock, lock gate, logjam, loophole, milldam, moat, mole, mound, opening, out, outcome, outfall, outgate, outgo, outlet, parapet, penstock, pore, port, portcullis, rampart, roadblock, rock-fill dam, sally port, seawall, shutter dam, sluice, sluice gate, spiracle, spout, stone wall, tap, tide gate, vent, ventage, venthole, vomitory, wall, water gate, way out, wicket dam, work

Etymology
wer:, akin to Old Norse ver:, a station for fishing.

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 * Russian: водослив
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Spanish:, ,  aliviadero


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