head gate

head gate
noun
1. regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
• Hypernyms: ↑regulator
• Part Holonyms: ↑sluice, ↑sluiceway, ↑penstock
2. a gate upstream from a lock or canal that is used to control the flow of water at the upper end
• Hypernyms: ↑gate

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noun
1. : a gate at the upper end of a canal lock
2. : a gate for controlling the water flowing into a race, sluice, or irrigation ditch

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1. a control gate at the upstream end of a canal or lock.
2. a floodgate of a race, sluice, etc.
[1830-40, Amer.]

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head gate,
1. an upstream gate of a lock in a canal or river.
2. a floodgate of a race, sluice, irrigation ditch, or the like.

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