How to use weir in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun, verb

Weir means an adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream. Example: “Though Hambleden's parish register records the death, in 1753, of a bargeman 'Kill'd by accident, shooting ye lock', the turbulent waters of Mill End weir on the River Thames, about a mile from the village, still attract canoeists.”

Examples of weir by meaning

nounAn adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.

Though Hambleden's parish register records the death, in 1753, of a bargeman 'Kill'd by accident, shooting ye lock', the turbulent waters of Mill End weir on the River Thames, about a mile from the village, still attract canoeists.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 214, photo caption
The weir must not represent a physical barrier to fish migration, both locally and throughout the whole river system.1997, J. H. L'Abée-Lund, J. E. Brittain, “Weir construction as environmental mitigation in Norwegian hydropower schemes”, in Hydropower...
A walkway over the weir is likely to be useful for the removal of floating debris trapped by the weir, or for working staunches and sluices on it as the rate of flow changes.2010, Sathesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, page 303

nounA fence placed across a river to catch fish.

Then there came a reg'lar terror of a sou'wester same as you don't get one summer in a thousand, and blowed the shanty flat and ripped about half of the weir poles out of the sand.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter I, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC

More sentences with weir

Just above that bridge where you crossed there is a fletcher - weir, as some call them.1902, The Windsor Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly for Men and Women, page 451. From the entry fletcher
Weir punctuates things with some offbeat compings.2013, David Malvinni, Grateful Dead and the Art of Rock Improvisation, page 46. From the entry comping
They dam the stream with a wattle fencing and then throw the mashed babasco in above this fish weir.1915, Thomas Whiffen, The North-West Amazons. From the entry babasco
A form of cheap open weir which has been commonly constructed in the West is the open wooden frame and flashboard weir.1909, Herbert Michael Wilson, Irrigation Engineering, page 168. From the entry flashboard
We suggested that simple soil weir can be constructed at Dapi-Huwei section and Puzih-Chiayi section to higher the river level and to increase the recharging during drought period.2011 December, 台灣西部河川河槽作為地下水補注區可行性分析, →ISBN, →OCLC, page II. From the entry Puzih
White shrimp emigrated significantly sooner from the unweired pond than from the weired pond in most experiments, but whether the weir actually delayed emigration was unclear.1996, E. Eric Knudsen et al., “Juvenile White Shrimp Growth, Mortality, and Emigration in Weired and Unweired Louisiana Marsh Ponds”, in…. From the entry weired

Meaning of weir

noun An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.
noun A fence placed across a river to catch fish.
noun Seaweed.

Full definition of weir

Questions about weir in a sentence

How do you use weir in a sentence?: Weir is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Though Hambleden's parish register records the death, in 1753, of a bargeman 'Kill'd by accident, shooting ye lock', the turbulent waters of Mill End weir on the River Thames, about a mile from the village, still attract canoeists.”
What is a short sentence with weir?: “Weir punctuates things with some offbeat compings.”
What does weir mean?: Weir means an adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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