splash dam

noun

1. a flood dam built to contain water that is released for driving logs.

Example Sentences

Another device resorted to where the supply of water is insufficient is the splash-dam, Fig. 20.

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A splash dam consisted of two square cribs of logs filled with great stones.

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So now, on a bigger scale, he made a figure-four trap-trigger for his splash dam.

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