floodgate

Mane (Îngilîzî)

  1. An adjustable gate or valve used to control the flow of water through a sluice.
  2. (figuratively) Anything that controls or limits an outpouring of people, emotion, etc.
  3. (obsolete) A stream that passes through a floodgate; a torrent.

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈflʌdˌɡeɪt/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

From Middle English flodegate, flodgate, flodeyate, floodȝate, flodȝete, equivalent to flood + gate.

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