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Signification (Anglais)

1. A sluice or pipe which allows the controlled flow of water from behind a dam, typically routing it to a turbine of a power plant.
2. The barrel of a wooden pump.

Concepts

écluse

vanne

Synonymes

sluice

head gate

floodgate

water gate

sluicegate

sluiceway

sluice valve

plug

race

raceway

runway

slide

bay

spout

trough

waterspout

weir

headrace

lock-gate

tail gate

slideway

boards

cavetto

coulisse

flume

groove

hydrant

Traductions

cataratta

chiusa

cateratta

chiavica

paratoia

canale di chiusa

canal

duto

ducto

Descarregador de cheia

canal

canal

tubería forzada

comporta

υδατοφράκτης

Étymologie (Anglais)

Perhaps from pen (“an enclosure”) + stock.