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sluice

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sluice /sluːs/

▶noun

1 (also sluice gate) a sliding gate or other device for controlling the flow of water, especially in a lock gate.

2 (also sluiceway) an artificial water channel for carrying off overflow or surplus water.

3 an act of rinsing or showering with water.

▶verb rinse with water.

– origin ME: from OFr. escluse ‘sluice gate’, based on L. excludere ‘exclude’.

'sluice' also found in these Oxford entries:

gate - penstock - ventil

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