weir

Meanings

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.
3. Seaweed.

1. A surname.
2. A placename.
3. A village in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SD8725).
4. A town and municipality in Bharatpur District, Rajasthan, India.
5. An unincorporated village in Montcalm, Les Laurentides Regional County Municipality, Quebec, Canada.
6. A number of places in the United States:
7. A minor city in Cherokee County, Kansas.
8. An unincorporated community in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.
9. A town in Choctaw County, Mississippi.
10. A minor city in Williamson County, Texas.
11. An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.

Etymology

From Middle English were, from Old English wer, from werian (“to dam up”), from Proto-West Germanic *warjan, from Proto-Germanic *warjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover”); Cognate with Old Norse ver (“station for fishing”), Sanskrit वृणोति (vṛṇóti). Related to warranty.