beartrap gates

A form of beartrap gate — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of beartrap gate
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