Fishweir
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An obstruction placed in tidal waters, or wholly or partially across a river, to trap fish or hinder their passage.
"A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well."
Example
More examples"A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well."
Etymology
From Middle English fysshwere, from Old English fisċwēr; equivalent to fish + weir.
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