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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From beartrap + gate. From being a gate reminiscent of the operation of a beartrap.
