sluiceway

[ sloos-wey ]

/ ˈslusˌweɪ /

noun

a channel controlled by a sluice gate.

any artificial channel for water.

Origin of sluiceway

An Americanism dating back to 1770–80; sluice + way¹

Words nearby sluiceway

slugger, slugging average, sluggish, sluice, sluicegate, sluiceway, sluit, slum, slumber, slumberland, slumberous

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Example sentences from the Web for sluiceway

Irrigation with them is not opening the gates of a sluiceway and letting the water flow over the land.
A Trip to the Orient|Robert Urie Jacob
With cautious strokes they paddled on until a sudden glimpse of the sluiceway leading under the mill caused them to pull up short.
Canoe Boys and Campfires|William Murray Graydon
One of the younger men rode the last log through the sluiceway, standing upright as it darted down the chute into the eddy below.
The Rules of the Game|Stewart Edward White
Then came the grand finish —the closing of this sluiceway through the dam.
Two Little Savages|Ernest Thompson Seton

A tear found a wrinkle in Unc Simmys lined face for a sluiceway; but the darkey was still smiling.
Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie|Alice B. Emerson

Scientific definitions for sluiceway

sluiceway

[ slōōs′wā′ ]

An artificial channel, especially one for carrying off a portion of the current of a stream, canal, or other larger body of water.

单词	sluiceway
释义	sluiceway [ sloos-wey ] / ˈslusˌweɪ / noun a channel controlled by a sluice gate. any artificial channel for water. Origin of sluiceway An Americanism dating back to 1770–80; sluice + way¹ Words nearby sluiceway slugger, slugging average, sluggish, sluice, sluicegate, sluiceway, sluit, slum, slumber, slumberland, slumberous Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sluiceway Irrigation with them is not opening the gates of a sluiceway and letting the water flow over the land. A Trip to the Orient\|Robert Urie Jacob With cautious strokes they paddled on until a sudden glimpse of the sluiceway leading under the mill caused them to pull up short. Canoe Boys and Campfires\|William Murray Graydon One of the younger men rode the last log through the sluiceway, standing upright as it darted down the chute into the eddy below. The Rules of the Game\|Stewart Edward White Then came the grand finish —the closing of this sluiceway through the dam. Two Little Savages\|Ernest Thompson Seton A tear found a wrinkle in Unc Simmys lined face for a sluiceway; but the darkey was still smiling. Ruth Fielding Down in Dixie\|Alice B. Emerson Scientific definitions for sluiceway sluiceway [ slōōs′wā′ ] An artificial channel, especially one for carrying off a portion of the current of a stream, canal, or other larger body of water. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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