penstock

Meaning

  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.

Synonyms

sluice
27k

head gate

floodgate
water gate
sluicegate
sluiceway

sluice valve

plug
C1
race
A2
raceway
runway
C1
slide
B2
bay
B2
spout
20k
trough
C2
waterspout
weir
C2
headrace

lock-gate

tail gate

slideway
boards
C1
cavetto
coulisse
flume
groove
C2
hydrant
25k
Translations

cataratta
chiusa
cateratta
écluse
vanne
chiavica
paratoia

canale di chiusa

canal
duto
ducto

Descarregador de cheia

canal
canal

tubería forzada

Etymology

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

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