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fishweir - What does it mean?

Definition of 'fishweir'

English

Noun

(en-noun) (Fish-weir)
  • An obstruction placed in tidal waters, or wholly or partially across a river, to trap fish or hinder their passage.
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  • |title= Mr. Pratt's Patients|chapter=1 |passage=A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well.}}