overfall
/ (ˈəʊvəˌfɔːl) /
noun
a turbulent stretch of water caused by marine currents over an underwater ridge
a mechanism that allows excess water to escape from a dam or lock
the point at which a sewer or land drainage discharges into the sea or a river
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How to use overfall in a sentence
Croton Lake Dam was first built with ninety feet of masonry overfall, the rest being earth embankment.
History of the Johnstown Flood | Willis Fletcher JohnsonIt was most probable that an overfall existed somewhere, and doubtless through a cleft in the granite.
The Mysterious Island | Jules VerneI think there is not in the world so strange an overfall, nor so wonderful to behold.
The Discovery of Guiana | Sir Walter Raleigh
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