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Head gate   /hɛd geɪt/   Listen
Head gate

noun
1.
Regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice.  Synonyms: floodgate, penstock, sluice valve, sluicegate, water gate.
2.
A gate upstream from a lock or canal that is used to control the flow of water at the upper end.





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... six prisoners were led, tied together, two and two, through High Street and up to the Head Gate. First came William Bongeor and Thomas Benold; then Mrs Silverside and Mrs Ewring; last, Robert Purcas and Elizabeth Foulkes. They were led out of the Head Gate, to "a plot of ground hard by the town wall, on the outward side," ...
— The King's Daughters • Emily Sarah Holt


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