English Explanatory Dictionary

beartrap gate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A waterflow/impoundment hydraulically-operated rising double-leaf floodgate used for weirs and dam spillways, and canals, to control waterflow across the top of the gate in the channel.

Word forms

beartrap gate beartrap gates bear trap gate beartrapgate beartrap-gate bear-trap-gate bear-trap gate

Etymology

From beartrap + gate. From being a gate reminiscent of the operation of a beartrap.

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