wing dam
noun
1.
a jetty for diverting the current of a stream.
Also called
spur
,
spur dike
.
Origin
1800-10,
Americanism
Examples from the web for
wing dam
Drift cut bait in the edge where the river's faster current meets the eddy created by the
wing dam
.
Consequently, information about
wing dam
and tailwater sampling is excluded from annual means reported by the fish component.