forebay

American  

[fawr-bay] / ˈfɔrˌbeɪ /

noun

forebays plural

1. a reservoir or pool from which a regulated amount of water flows to a dam, hydroelectric plant, water filtration system, or the like, to ensure consistent water levels, to allow sediment to settle, and to trap debris.

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Inflected Forms

noun

• forebays
  plural

Example Sentences

Studies have shown that about 75% of the young salmon that pass through the gates are killed by predators in the forebay, Miranda said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2024

Miranda and his colleagues rode in a van to the forebay, passing green pastures where cattle were grazing among yellow blooming mustard.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2024

Visitors can peer over a glass protector to observe the inner forebay, which, through underwater arches, filtered the incoming water into the plant before it churned through the penstocks.

From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2022

“This project is drought-driven,” Erika Moonin, project manager for the Las Vegas-based authority, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal during a recent final media tour of the underground pump station forebay.

From Washington Times • Nov. 30, 2018

This pipe, leading from the pond, or forebay, to the water wheel, should be kept as short as possible; at the same time, the fall should not be too sharp.

From Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine by Anderson, Frederick Irving