What is a flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release. Knight called?
stanch — A flood gate by which water is accumulated, for floating a boat over a shallow part of a stream by its release. Knight. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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