单词 | floating clough |
释义 | > as lemmasfloating clough 3. floating clow (also floating clough): a name sometimes given to a contrivance for clearing away mud from channels communicating with tidal rivers (e.g. the Humber, where the local name is ‘Devil’). It resembles a broad barge, with extensible wings which act as floodgates, and retain a head of water, by which it is forced down the channel, ploughing or scraping up the mud as it goes along. ΚΠ 1874 in E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. floating clough floating clough n. (see quot.). ΚΠ 1841 S. C. Brees Gloss. Civil Engin. Floating Clough, a moveable dam or machine, used for scouring out channels or inlets. < as lemmas |
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