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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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Origin:
1830–40, Americanism

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head gate

—n
1.	Compare tail gate a gate that is used to control the flow of water at the upper end of a lock or conduit
2.	another name for floodgate

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