Sc. Also caul. A weir on a river to divert the water into a mill-lead.
1805. Scott, Last Minstrel, II. xiii. note. He commanded him to build a cauld or dam-hend across the Tweed at Kelso.
1818. Law-case (Jam.). Right to fish from the head of the Black Pool, down to the caul or dam-dyke of Milnbie.
1839. Proc. Berw. Nat. Club, I. 104. The whole of the water was … diverted into the mill-lead by means of a cauld or weir.
