trip sill

noun

A timber placed across the bottom of the sluiceway in a splash dam, against which rest the planks by which the dam is closed.

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Meanings

nountrip sill (plural trip sills)

plural trip sills

  1. A timber placed across the bottom of the sluiceway in a splash dam, against which rest the planks by which the dam is closed.
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APA

trip sill. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trip%20sill

MLA

“trip sill.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trip%20sill. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trip sill,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trip%20sill.

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