kribbendam (English: “crib dam”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. Type of dam built of crib-logs, exemplified by the kribbendam in the Peusangan-rivier.
Translation
crib dam
Description
Type of dam built of crib-logs, exemplified by the kribbendam in the Peusangan-rivier.
Significance
The term kribbendam is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 199.