trip sills

A form of trip sill — 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

noun
  1. pluralplural of trip sill.
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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