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sluiceway
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sluiceway has 1 sense
- sluiceway(n = noun.artifact) penstock, sluice - conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate; Array is a kind of conduit
has parts: floodgate, head gate, penstock, sluice valve, sluicegate, water gate
CIDE DICTIONARY
sluiceway, n.
An artificial channel into which water is let by a sluice; specifically, a trough constructed over the bed of a stream, so that logs, lumber, or rubbish can be floated down to some convenient place of delivery. [1913 Webster]
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