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penstock |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Penstock \Pen"stock\, n. [Etymol. uncertain; perh. fr pen an inclosure + stock.] 1. A close conduit or pipe for conducting water, as to a water wheel, or for emptying a pond, or for domestic uses. 2. The barrel of a wooden pump. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: penstock n 1: valve or gate that controls rate of water flow through a sluice [syn: {sluicegate}, {sluice valve}, {floodgate}, {head gate}, {water gate}] 2: carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate [syn: {sluice}, {sluiceway}]
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