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sluiceway

[ sloos-wey ]

noun

  1. a channel controlled by a sluice gate.
  2. any artificial channel for water.


sluiceway

/ ²õ±ôŽÇ̅ŽÇ̅²õ′·ÉÄå′ /

  1. An artificial channel, especially one for carrying off a portion of the current of a stream, canal, or other larger body of water.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sluiceway1

An Americanism dating back to 1770–80; sluice + way 1
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When it is time to harvest Superior Fresh’s salmon, workers in waterproof clothing use a long-handled net to carefully lift the fish onto a portable sluiceway.

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The breakwater was constructed with four sluiceways, or portholelike tunnels, which allowed for greater circulation of ocean water.

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She wishes she’d closed the “sluiceway” on the “current” of her memories.

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In minutes I hear the water gushing down the sluiceway, bubbling and chortling along until it spills out the end and strikes the paddles of the wheel just forward of its highest point.

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The dam being removed was built to direct water to a man-made sluiceway.

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