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gate valve

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noun

  1. a valve in a pipe or channel having a sliding plate that controls the flow

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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There was a whoosh of air as the spring-loaded gate valve opened.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2023

After long labor engineers succeeded in clamping a master gate valve on the well, only to see the connections ripped apart, tossed into the air.

From Time Magazine Archive

The sludge drain, which opens into the bottom of the tank, is usually a 4- or 6-inch cast-iron pipe, with suitable gate valve, which discharges into a common drain made of clay pipe.

From Chlorination of Water by Race, Joseph

A gate valve was placed in the 6-inch main close to the elbow on lower end of the down pipe from the tank.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 446, July 19, 1884 by Various

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