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Penstock

noun
1.
Regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice.  Synonyms: floodgate, head gate, sluice valve, sluicegate, water gate.
2.
Conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate.  Synonyms: sluice, sluiceway.






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"Penstock" Quotes from Famous Books



... natural genius for combining pleasure with business. This is the reason why, when he is sent to the spring for a pitcher of water, he is absent so long; for he stops to poke the frog that sits on the stone, or, if there is a penstock, to put his hand over the spout, and squirt the water ...
— McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader • William Holmes McGuffey

... of you! You should keep abreast of the age, my dear fellows. We might have settled it long ago, if you'd only spoken. Yes, four good turbines and a neat brick penstock—eh? This old Wheel's absurdly ...
— Traffics and Discoveries • Rudyard Kipling



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