"fishweir" meaning in English

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          "text": "A chap named Eleazir Kendrick and I had chummed in together the summer afore and built a fish-weir and shanty at Setuckit Point, down Orham way. For a spell we done pretty well.",
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        "An obstruction placed in tidal waters, or wholly or partially across a river, to trap fish or hinder their passage."
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          "water",
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          "river",
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