wing dam
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of wing dam
An Americanism dating back to 1800–10
Example Sentences
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Sunday found the boater sitting on the top of a wing dam, a barrier that only extends partway into a river, the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reported.
From Washington Times • Jul. 13, 2020
And so at last they rode down to the Coldstream itself, to the intake of the ditch, a rude wing dam of logs, brush, and sand bags, which, nevertheless, had served them excellently heretofore.
From Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters by Rowe, Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert)
Some danger from freezing was also encountered the next season, when the last part of the wing dam was being constructed.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers
In half an hour the flood had swept by; and with it had gone every vestige of the wing dam they had builded with so much labor and with so many high hopes.
From The Cave of Gold A Tale of California in '49 by McNeil, Everett
While I was down at the wing dam a man passed me, coming from the direction of the great house.
From The King of Arcadia by Lynde, Francis
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