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penstock
n.
gate or trough for carrying water to water wheel
Penstock
penstock
Noun
1. regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
(synonym) sluicegate, sluice valve, floodgate, head gate, water gate
(hypernym) regulator
(part-holonym) sluice, sluiceway
2. conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
(synonym) sluice, sluiceway
(hypernym) conduit
(part-meronym) sluicegate, sluice valve, floodgate, head gate, water gate
Penstock
(n.)
The barrel of a wooden pump.
(n.)
A close conduit or pipe for conducting water, as, to a water wheel, or for emptying a pond, or for domestic uses.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Synonyms and related words:
aboideau, air lock, chute, dock gate, eaves trough, flood-hatch, floodgate, gate, guide, gutter, head gate, lock, lock gate, pentrough, shoot, sluice, sluice gate, tide gate, trough, water gate, weir
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
