head gate
Americannoun
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a control gate at the upstream end of a canal or lock.
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a floodgate of a race, sluice, etc.
noun
Etymology
Origin of head gate
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
Example Sentences
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It considered putting in an automated head gate to better enable it to alter the flow.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 22, 2018
Whenever a head gate silted up, a cut was made around it.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 27, 2015
Two men had dismounted by the head gate.
From The Settling of the Sage by Hal G. (Hal George) Evarts
One man knelt near the head gate, then mounted and jumped his horse off after the rest.
From The Settling of the Sage by Hal G. (Hal George) Evarts
They rode across fields trampled flat by thousands of churning hoofs and reached the spot where the head gate had been, a yawning hole at which the water sucked and tore.
From The Settling of the Sage by Hal G. (Hal George) Evarts
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