headworks

noun

Meaning

Any structure at the head or diversion point of a waterway. It is smaller than a barrage and is used to divert water from a river into a canal or from a large canal into a smaller canal.

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Related words

thinking(English)waterworks(English)wasteweir(English)waterhead(English)waterwork(English)lock-weir(English)mill head(English)raceway(English)

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