beartrap gate

English

Alternative forms

• bear trap gate, beartrapgate, beartrap-gate, bear-trap-gate, bear-trap gate

Etymology

bear trap +‎ gate. From being a gate reminiscent of the operation of a bear trap.

Noun

beartrap gate (plural beartrap gates)

1. 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.

Coordinate terms

• crest gate
• radial gate
• stoplog
• Tainter gate