burrock

English

Etymology

Perhaps from Old English burg, burh (“hill”) + -ock.

Noun

burrock (plural burrocks)

1. A small weir or dam in a river to direct the stream to gaps where fish traps are placed.

References

• Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Burrock”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes I (A–GAS), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.
• “burrock”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.