HEADWORKS

Etymology

Noun

headworks (plural headworks)

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.

Source: Wiktionary


HEADWORK

Head"work`, n.

Definition: Mental labor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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