beartrap gate
beartrap gate · beartrap gates
A waterflow/impoundment hydraulically-operated rising double-leaf floodgate used for…A waterflow/impoundment hydraulically-operated rising double-leaf floodgate used for weirs and dam spillways, and canals, to control waterflow across the top of the gate in the channel.
Meaning
1 sensesA waterflow/impoundment hydraulically-operated rising double-leaf floodgate used for weirs and dam spillways, and canals, to control waterflow across the top of the gate in the channel.
Origin
From beartrap + gate. From being a gate reminiscent of the operation of a beartrap.From beartrap + gate. From being a gate reminiscent of the operation of a beartrap.
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