An artificial channel ln-to which water is let by a sluice. Speciflcal-ly, a trench constructed over the bed of a stream, so that logs or lumber can be floated down to a coifvenient place of delivery. VVeb-ster. See Anderson v. Munch, 29 Minn. 416, 18 N. W. 192
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
