water sluice

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• water gate — noun regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice • Syn: ↑sluicegate, ↑sluice valve, ↑floodgate, ↑penstock, ↑head gate • Hypernyms: ↑regulator • …   Useful english dictionary

• sluice — 1 noun (C) a passage for water to flow through, with a special gate which can be opened or closed to control it 2 verb 1 (T) to wash something with a lot of water: sluice sth out/down: Can you sluice out the cow shed? | sluice sth over/into etc:… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• sluice — sluice1 [slu:s] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: escluse, from Late Latin exclusa, from Latin excludere; EXCLUDE] a passage for water to flow through, with a special gate which can be opened or closed to control it sluice 2 sluice2 v 1.) …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• sluice — [slo͞os] n. [ME scluse < OFr escluse & LL exclusa < fem. pp. of L excludere, to shut out, EXCLUDE] 1. an artificial channel or passage for water, having a gate or valve at its head to regulate the flow, as in a canal or millstream 2. the… …   English World dictionary

• Sluice — Sluice, n. [OF. escluse, F. [ e]cluse, LL. exclusa, sclusa, from L. excludere, exclusum, to shut out: cf. D. sluis sluice, from the Old French. See {Exclude}.] 1. An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sluice gate — Sluice Sluice, n. [OF. escluse, F. [ e]cluse, LL. exclusa, sclusa, from L. excludere, exclusum, to shut out: cf. D. sluis sluice, from the Old French. See {Exclude}.] 1. An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sluice — Sluice, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sluiced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sluicing}.] 1. To emit by, or as by, flood gates. [R.] Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice; as, to sluice meadows. Howitt. [1913 Webster] He dried his neck and …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• sluice — ► NOUN 1) (also sluice gate) a sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water. 2) (also sluiceway) an artificial water channel for carrying off overflow or surplus water. 3) an act of rinsing or showering with water. ► VERB ▪ wash …   English terms dictionary

• sluice — mid 14c., aphetic of O.Fr. escluse sluice, floodgate, from L.L. exclusa barrier to shut out water (in aqua exclusa water shut out ), from fem. sing. of L. exclusus, pp. of excludere shut out (see EXCLUDE (Cf. exclude)) …   Etymology dictionary

• sluice|way — «SLOOS WAY», noun. 1. a channel controlled or fed by a sluice. 2. any small, artificial channel for running water …   Useful english dictionary

• Water torture — is torture using water, which can take several forms. Because no external marks are left on victims of water torture, it has been a favoured method of torture in various countries and political regimes.The torture has notably been used against… …   Wikipedia