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thrown up in and across a body of water that serves to retain or divert water.

a stelle or stelberg is a height raised on the salt marshes where the cattle (mainly sheep) could seek refuge at high tide. If a well with fresh drinking water for the cattle is...

an opening in a dike or a bear wall that can be closed off at high water; used as a thoroughfare for road or railway. Closure usually by means of planks or bulkhead beams.