noun. A fence or wattle placed in a stream to catch or retain fish.

noun. A dam placed across a river or canal to raise or divert the water, as for a millrace, or to regulate or measure the flow.

noun. A dam erected across a river to stop and raise the water, as for the purpose of taking fish, of conveying a stream to a mill, of maintaining the water at the level required for navigating it, or for purposes of irrigation.

noun. A fence, as of twigs or stakes, set in a stream for catching fish.

noun. A dam in a river to stop and raise the water, for the purpose of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or the like.

noun. A fence of stakes, brushwood, or the like, set in a stream, tideway, or inlet of the sea, for taking fish.

noun. A long notch with a horizontal edge, as in the top of a vertical plate or plank, through which water flows, -- used in measuring the quantity of flowing water.

noun. An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.

noun. A fence placed across a river to catch fish.

noun. a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow

noun. a fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain fish