burrock
English
Etymology
Perhaps from Old English burg, burh (“hill”) + -ock.
Noun
burrock (plural burrocks)
- A small weir or dam in a river to direct the stream to gaps where fish traps are placed.
References
- 1874, Edward H. Knight, American Mechanical Dictionary
- burrock in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913