Noun: sluicegate
- Regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
"The operator lowered the sluicegate to reduce the water flow";
- sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate, water gate
Derived forms: sluicegates
Type of: regulator
Part of: penstock, sluice, sluiceway
Encyclopedia: Sluicegate