Snags

Snags

Snags (engl., spr. Snäks), Baumstämme, welche in den nordamerikanischen Flüssen, die ihren Lauf durch Urwaldungen haben (bes. Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio u. deren Nebenflüsse), ganz unter Wasser, mit dem Wipfel schräg nach oben u. zwar stromabwärts gekehrt liegen u. daher den stromaufwärts fahrenden Schiffen sehr gefährlich sind.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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