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Noun: sluicegate
  1. 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