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sluiceway

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Nice pictures of cliffside irrigation sluiceways, but I was expecting to see an irrigation system that defies gravity by lifting water using a surprising method, perhaps a hydraulic ram based system. Hydraulic rams are solely water powered devices that can lift water to a level higher than the level of the input water source.

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conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate

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noun

conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate

Definitions

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noun

conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate

See also: sluice, penstock

Example sentences

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Nice pictures of cliffside irrigation sluiceways, but I was expecting to see an irrigation system that defies gravity by lifting water using a surprising method, perhaps a hydraulic ram based system. Hydraulic rams are solely water powered devices that can lift water to a level higher than the level of the input water source.

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How do you use sluiceway in a sentence?

Nice pictures of cliffside irrigation sluiceways, but I was expecting to see an irrigation system that defies gravity by lifting water using a surprising method, perhaps a hydraulic ram based system. Hydraulic rams are solely water powered devices that can lift water to a level higher than the level of the input water source.

What does sluiceway mean?

conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate

What part of speech is sluiceway?

sluiceway is commonly used as noun.