beartrap gate
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Etymology[edit]
beartrap + gate. From being a gate reminiscent of the operation of a beartrap.
Noun[edit]
beartrap gate (plural beartrap gates)
- A waterflow/impoundment hydraulically-operated rising double-leaf floodgate used for weirs and dam spillways, and canals, to control waterflow across the top of the gate in the channel.