sluiceslus
sluice (v)
- present
- sluices
- past
- sluiced
- past participle
- sluiced
- present participle
- sluicing
sluice (n)
English Definitions:
sluice, sluiceway, penstock (verb)
conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
sluice, sluice down (verb)
pour as if from a sluice
"An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"
sluice, flush (verb)
irrigate with water from a sluice
"sluice the earth"
sluice (verb)
transport in or send down a sluice
"sluice logs"
sluice (verb)
draw through a sluice
"sluice water"
sluice (Noun)
An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow; also, a water gate or flood gate.
sluice (Noun)
Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply.
sluice (Noun)
The stream flowing through a flood gate.
sluice (Noun)
A long box or trough through which water flows, -- used for washing auriferous earth.
sluice (Verb)
To emit by, or as by, flood gates. -Milton.
sluice (Verb)
To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice; as, to sluice meadows. Howitt.
sluice (Verb)
To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice; as, to sluice earth or gold dust in a in .
Sluice
A sluice is a water channel controlled at its head by a gate. A Millrace, leet, flume, penstock or lade is a sluice channelling water toward a water mill. The terms sluice, sluice gate, knife gate, and slide gate are used interchangeably in the water and wastewater control industry. A sluice gate is traditionally a wood or metal barrier sliding in grooves that are set in the sides of the waterway. Sluice gates commonly control water levels and flow rates in rivers and canals. They are also used in wastewater treatment plants and to recover minerals in mining operations, and in watermills.
Sluice
Sluice ( SLOOS) is a word for a channel controlled at its head by a movable gate which is called a sluice gate. A sluice gate is traditionally a wood or metal barrier sliding in grooves that are set in the sides of the waterway and can be considered as a bottom opening in a wall. Sluice gates are one of the most common hydraulic structures in controlling flow rate and water level in open channels such as rivers and canals. They also could be used to measure the flow. A water channel containing a sluice gate forms a type of lock to manage the water flow and water level. It can also be an open channel which processes material, such as a River Sluice used in gold prospecting or fossicking. A mill race, leet, flume, penstock or lade is a sluice channeling water toward a water mill. The terms sluice, sluice gate, knife gate, and slide gate are used interchangeably in the water and wastewater control industry. They are also used in wastewater treatment plants and to recover minerals in mining operations, and in watermills.
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