sluice : Idioms & Phrases


sluice down

  • verb pour as if from a sluice
    sluice.
    • An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef
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Sluice gate

  • the sliding gate of a sluice.
Webster 1913

sluice valve

  • noun regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
    floodgate; head gate; sluicegate; penstock; water gate.
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