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fishweir

fishweir noun: an obstruction placed in tidal waters, or wholly or partially across a river, to trap fish or hinder their passage.

Noun

fishweir (plural fishweirs)

  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.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC

Forms of fishweir

pluralfishweirs

Origin of fishweir

From Middle English fysshwere, from Old English fisċwēr; equivalent to fish + weir.

Questions about fishweir

What does fishweir mean?
Fishweir means an obstruction placed in tidal waters, or wholly or partially across a river, to trap fish or hinder their passage.
What part of speech is fishweir?
Fishweir is a noun.
What is the plural of fishweir?
The plural of fishweir is fishweirs.

Words near fishweir in the dictionary

  1. fishtanks
  2. Fishtar
  3. Fishtoft
  4. fishway
  5. fishways
  6. fishweir
  7. fishweirs
  8. fishwheel
  9. fishwheels
  10. fishwich
  11. fishwiches

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