wasteweir

2 definitions found

wasteweir - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Wasteweir \Waste"weir`\, n.
     An overfall, or weir, for the escape, or overflow, of
     superfluous water from a canal, reservoir, pond, or the like.
     [1913 Webster]

wasteweir - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  wasteweir
      n 1: a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or
           other obstruction [syn: spillway, spill, wasteweir]