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Meanings of
sluiceway
in anglès
portuguès
duto
català
canal
espanyol
tubería forzada
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Conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate.
sluice
penstock
català
canal
Usage of
sluiceway
in anglès
1
They had entered the
sluiceway
at a place where there was scarcely any current.
2
As the boys passed under the
sluiceway
trestle Jack exclaimed:
3
The men hastily withdrew, first taking the precaution to remove the plank that covered the
sluiceway
.
4
It could never pass sideways between the two masses of rock and through the center
sluiceway
.
5
I funneled it through a small corridor I fought to maintain between sisters-
a
human
sluiceway
of hurt.
6
He could not escape, for the removal of the plank from the
sluiceway
made the place literally an island.
7
So as the women followed an ancient
sluiceway
west, all sorts of lights and signs began to blink on.
8
Beyond the lake, on the other side, the
sluiceway
continued on, but there was a gap of several hundred feet.
9
From the entrance to the exit of the
sluiceway
,
that corridor of stone would measure no more than twelve feet.
10
The river industriously shoved the Explorer deeper into the
sluiceway
,
although the truck was now entirely crosswise to the flow.
11
The next instant the two boys were being whirled down the
sluiceway
on top of the water at a swift pace.
12
Thereupon Orde's crew built a new
sluiceway
and gate far enough down to assure a good head in the pond above.
13
Almost with the speed of an arrow from the bow the two boys flew forward on the swiftly-moving water in the
sluiceway
.
14
We get our water from a little lake on the top of the mountain, and only the overflow goes down the
sluiceway
.
15
The
sluiceway
was about four feet wide and three feet deep, and there was a great quantity of water flowing through it.
16
With cautious strokes they paddled on until a sudden glimpse of the
sluiceway
leading under the mill caused them to pull up short.
Other examples for "sluiceway"
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sluiceway
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
ancient sluiceway
cover the sluiceway
human sluiceway
new sluiceway
Translations for
sluiceway
portuguès
duto
ducto
canal
català
canal
espanyol
tubería forzada
canal
Sluiceway
through the time