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Multilingual Technical Dictionary (MTD)
8028. Spur, Spur dike, Groyne, or Transverse dike : 1-A structure of stone, rock, timber, brushwood, pile, earth, or other materials, built from the bank of a stream traversing to the current for training the flow of water, for bank protection, for fixing a navigable channel or for trapping bedload to build up new river banks. The spur may be permeable, semi-impermeable or impermeable. 2 - See also 1484 and 3479.
SEE: Groyne, Groin, Bankhead, Spur, Spur dike, Transverse dike, Jetty, Groyne,

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