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splash dam

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noun

  1. a flood dam built to contain water that is released for driving logs.

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So now, on a bigger scale, he made a figure-four trap-trigger for his splash dam.

From Blue Ridge Country by Caldwell, Erskine

A splash dam consisted of two square cribs of logs filled with great stones.

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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