Definition of "weirs" []

• Plural form of weir. (noun)

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• "Water delivered in a canal can also be measured with devices called weirs which require precision construction, calibration, and measuring. 16 Less accurate, but also inexpensive and easier, is the float method, in which the area of cross section of the canal (A in m2) is multiplied by the velocity of water (V in m/sec) to obtain flow (Q in liters/sec): 17"
• "Oysters and crabs and such fish as they take in their weirs is their best relief."
• "But for these they made weirs, that is, a hedge of small rived sticks or reeds of the thickness of a man's finger."