headworks

Etymology

From head + works.

headworks means Any structure at the head or diversion point of a waterway. It is smaller than a barrage and is used to divert water from a river into a canal or from a large canal into a smaller canal. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 89 out of 100.

noun

Any structure at the head or diversion point of a waterway. It is smaller than a barrage and is used to divert water from a river into a canal or from a large canal into a smaller canal.