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head gate
noun
- a control gate at the upstream end of a canal or lock.
- a floodgate of a race, sluice, etc.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of head gate1
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40
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Example Sentences
Our supply could thus be regulated at the flume instead of going all the way up to the old head-gate for the purpose.
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Then, the flume being ready, we two and Pedro went up and raised the stone head-gate three inches.
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All of the drops, as well as the head-gate and flood weirs, were finished, standing as if hewn out of solid white stone.
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It was the sodden fleece of the old ewe, which had been drifted against the head-gate and held there to her death.
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That night, or rather in the early hours of the following morning, a horseman came spurring up to the Head Gate of Colchester.
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