burrock

== English == === Etymology === Perhaps from Old English burg, burh (“hill”) + -ock. === Noun === burrock (plural burrocks) 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.