Any structure at the head or diversion point of a waterway. It is smaller than a barrage and is used to divert water from a river into a canal or from a large canal into a smaller canal.
hendricks
kurbashed
kurbashed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of kurbash
landshark
landshark
noun
(derogatory) A landgrabber.
(obsolete, slang, derogatory) A swindler or fraudster.
(obsolete, slang, derogatory, among smugglers) A customs officer.
redshanks
redshanks
noun
Common name of Adenostoma sparsifolium of southern California in the US and northern Baja California in Mexico.
Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
plural of redshank
rockholds
schickard
shakerdom
sheldrake
sheldrake
noun
A male shelduck.
A merganser.
An Old World duck of the genus Tadorna (shelducks).