WEIR


Meaning of WEIR in English

/wear/ , n.

1. a small dam in a river or stream.

2. a fence, as of brush or narrow boards, or a net set in a stream, channel, etc., for catching fish.

[ bef. 900; ME were, OE wer, deriv. of root of werian to defend, dam up ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .