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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small movable dam of metal, wood, or cloth used temporarily to obstruct the flow of water in irrigation laterals or distributing-ditches, forcing the water to adjacent fields.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Irrigation), United States A piece of wood or sheet metal fitted into a ditch to dam up the water so as to overflow a field.
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