Weir

biographical name

ˈwir 

Robert Walter 1803–1889 American painter

Kids Definition

weir

noun

ˈwa(ə)r  ˈwe(ə)r 

ˈwi(ə)r

1

: a fence set in a stream to catch fish

2

: a dam in a stream to raise the water level or change the direction and course of its flow