sluicegate

British

/ ˈsluːsˌɡeɪt /

noun

Sometimes shortened to: sluice. a valve or gate fitted to a sluice to control the rate of flow of water See also floodgate

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Then every man understood what was done, for they had been log-drivers all their lives, and knew the signs of a loosed sluicegate or of a broken jam.

From The Junior Classics — Volume 7 Stories of Courage and Heroism by Patten, William

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