†(a) A dam for water, a mill-dam. Perhaps Obsolete. (b) A sluice or floodgate: ‘esp. the outfall sluice of a river or drain communicating with a…

A bank or dam retaining a body of water. Obsolete.

A bank or barrier of earth, masonry, etc., constructed across a stream to obstruct its flow and raise its level, so as to make it available for…

a bank that serves as a dam.

An embankment or dam to retain water, or divert its course into a mill stream, etc.

A dam, a barrier against water. Obsolete.

‘In the Madras Presidency, the dam constructed across a river to fill, and regulate the supply of, the channels drawn off from it.’ (Col. Yule.)

a dam.