vbl. sb. [f. WEIR v.] The constructing of a weir or of weirs; also, concr. materials used for making a weir or of which a weir is composed.
1794. W. H. Marshall, W. Eng. (1796), II. 289. Hitherto, piles and planks had been used, to confine the rapid Tavey within its channel; much valuable timber having been used … in ‘weiring.’
1882. Act 45 & 46 Vict., c. 38 § 25. The making … of any works for any of the following purposes…: (iv) Embanking or weiring from a river or lake.
1901. Cornish, in Spectator, 27 July, 119/1. In the canalised stream which runs into Oxford City itself there were numbers [of crayfish], which … made homes in … sides of locks, and in the wood of the weiring.
