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(2741) Fuse plug, or Breaching section
A term sometimes used to designate an `automatic spillway`, especially when a low dike is built across a low saddle on the rim of the reservoir basin and intended to be washed out when water reaches an intended elevation in the spillway to become dangerous. It is also applied under similar conditions in a canal.

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