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
Several things came of the hour spent as Wingfield's keeper while the others were visiting the wing dam and the quarry, the spillway, and the cut-off tunnel, under Fitzpatrick as megaphonist.
From The King of Arcadia by Francis Lynde
He had out lots of timber, and we put in a wing dam three hundred feet long, so she can flood and be darned; they'll keep the sluice working just the same.
From North of Fifty-Three by Anton Otto Fischer
The wather was risin' in the river, and he'd been up to the wing dam just below this to see was there anny logs or annything cloggin' it.
From The King of Arcadia by Francis Lynde
They also built piers and a wing dam just above the present location of the bridge.
From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by William Henry Carman Folsom
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