sluice
Gated water conduit
A sluice is a channel or gate that controls water flow—used for irrigation, mining, or regulating water levels in reservoirs and canals.
The verb means to wash or flush with rushing water: They sluiced the deck clean.
Rain or other liquids may sluice down surfaces: Water sluiced through the gutters.
Water-controlling barrier mechanism
- headgateWater channel control barrier
- penstockControlled water conduit
- weirLow river barrier
- lockMechanism requiring a key
barrage · valve · dam · levee · tailgate · wicket · regulator · outlet
Constructed water channel
- canalDug water passage
- aqueductChannel conveying water distances
- conduitTube conveying fluid or cables
- watercourseChannel for flowing liquid
culvert · millrace · raceway · trough · chute · spillway · penstock · headrace
Flow out forcefully
- rushQuick sudden movement
- surgeSudden powerful increase
- torrentViolent rushing flow
- cascadeSuccessive downward flow
flush · outpouring · discharge · deluge · spate · jet · spurt · outflow
floodgate
Water-controlling barrier mechanism
lock · barrage · valve · dam · levee · tailgate · wicket · regulator · outlet · intake
flume
Constructed water channel
- canalDug water passage
- aqueductChannel conveying water distances
- conduitTube conveying fluid or cables
watercourse · culvert · millrace · raceway · trough · chute · spillway · penstock · headrace · tailrace
gush
Flow out forcefully
cascade · flush · outpouring · discharge · deluge · spate · jet · spurt · outflow · stream
rinse
Wash without scrubbing
spray · hose · swill · cleanse · scour · soak · splatter · swash · slosh · stream
panning
Lateral camera traverse
- placerMineral-rich sediment accumulation
- goldElement seventy-nine
- prospectingSearching for mineral wealth
dredge · ore · sift · tailings · nugget · claim · goldrush · gravel · extraction · separation
- canal lock partscill, quoin, wicket
- canal lockslock gates, pound lock, lockmaster, lock keeper, lockage
- cleaningcleaning, clean, housekeeping, clean up, daily cleaning
- barrierswalls, wall, fences, fence, barrier
- fluid handlingpump, pipe, hose, valve, nozzle
- Gold RushCalifornia Gold Rush, gold miners, gold mining, gold flakes, gold nuggets
- sluice boxChannel for separating ore
- sluice gatesAdjustable barriers controlling waterflow
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