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sluiceway


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sluiceway  \Sluice"way`\,  n. 
  An  artificial  channel  into  which  water  is  let  by  a  sluice; 
  specifically,  a  trough  constructed  over  the  bed  of  a  stream, 
  so  that  logs,  lumber,  or  rubbish  can  be  floated  down  to  some 
  convenient  place  of  delivery. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sluiceway 
  n  :  carries  a  rapid  flow  of  water  controlled  by  a  sluicegate 
  [syn:  {sluice},  {penstock}] 




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