floodgates

[fluhd-geyt]

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Civil Engineering. a gate designed to regulate the flow of water.

anything serving to control the indiscriminate flow or passage of something.

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Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English; see flood, gate

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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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floodgate

early 13c. in the figurative sense (especially with reference to tears or rain); literal sense is mid-15c.; from flood + gate.

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