splash dam
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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A splash dam consisted of two square cribs of logs filled with great stones.
From Blue Ridge Country by Caldwell, Erskine
So now, on a bigger scale, he made a figure-four trap-trigger for his splash dam.
From Blue Ridge Country by Caldwell, Erskine
Usually the creeks were much too shallow to carry rafts of logs so he constructed a splash dam at a suitable point between the high banks of the stream.
From Blue Ridge Country by Caldwell, Erskine
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