Bear-trap dam

(definition) by Webster 1913 Sun Jan 15 2006 at 17:19:15

Bear"-trap` dam. (Engin.)

A kind of movable dam, in one form consisting of two leaves resting against each other at the top when raised and folding down one over the other when lowered, for deepening shallow parts in a river.

 

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