resclosa

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *resclausa, variant of reclausa (“closed”) from clausus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəsˈklɔ.zə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [resˈklɔ.za]

Noun

resclosa f (plural rescloses)

1. weir, barrage (an obstruction placed across a waterway)

   Synonym: assut

2. lock (a segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels)

Further reading

• “resclosa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “resclosa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “resclosa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “resclosa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.