Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small weir or dam put in a river to direct the stream to gaps where fish-traps are placed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small weir or dam in a river to direct the stream to gaps where fish traps are placed.
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- noun A small
weir ordam in ariver to direct the stream to gaps wherefish traps are placed.
Etymologies
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Perhaps from Anglo-Saxon burg, burh, hill + -ock.
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fbharjo commented on the word burrock
a small weir
January 22, 2009