Meaning of weir | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream
2. An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.
3. A surname.
   countable
4. A fence placed across a river to catch fish
5. A fence placed across a river to catch fish.
6. A village in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8725).
   countable, uncountable
7. Seaweed
8. Seaweed.
   obsolete
9. A town and municipality in Bharatpur District, Rajasthan, India.
   countable, uncountable
10. An unincorporated village in Montcalm, Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
    countable, uncountable
11. A number of places in the United States:
    countable, uncountable
12. A minor city in Cherokee County, Kansas.
    countable, uncountable
13. An unincorporated community in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
    countable, uncountable
14. A town in Choctaw County, Mississippi.
    countable, uncountable
15. A minor city in Williamson County, Texas.
    countable, uncountable
16. An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Though Hambleden's parish register records the death, in 1753, of a bargeman 'Kill'd by accident, shooting ye lock', the turbulent waters of Mill End weir on the River Thames, about a mile from the village, still attract canoeists.”

“The weir must not represent a physical barrier to fish migration, both locally and throughout the whole river system. If necessary, a fishway is included in the weir.”

“A walkway over the weir is likely to be useful for the removal of floating debris trapped by the weir, or for working staunches and sluices on it as the rate of flow changes.”

“The Taff is naturally a good salmon river, the Ely a sea trout river, but what with weirs and pollusions the fish have been pretty well exterminated.”

“The weir catch of mackerel at Monomoy and along Cape Cod has been a failure.”

“For a spell we done pretty well. Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand.”

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