Word.ws English Dictionary

lock-weir

lock-weir noun: a wasteweir for a canal, discharging into a lockchamber.

Noun

lock-weir (plural lock-weirs)

  1. (historical) A wasteweir for a canal, discharging into a lockchamber.

Forms of lock-weir

plurallock-weirs

Origin of lock-weir

From lock + weir.

Questions about lock-weir

What does lock-weir mean?
Lock-weir means a wasteweir for a canal, discharging into a lockchamber.
What part of speech is lock-weir?
Lock-weir is a noun.
What is the plural of lock-weir?
The plural of lock-weir is lock-weirs.

Words near lock-weir in the dictionary

  1. lock-step
  2. lock-time
  3. lock-times
  4. lock-up
  5. lock-ups
  6. lock-weir
  7. lock-weirs
  8. lockability
  9. lockable
  10. lockably
  11. Lockaby

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lock-weir (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “lock-weir.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/lock-weir. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.