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Значения термина floodgate на английском

португальский
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каталонский
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Regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice.

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Синонимы
Examples for "penstock"
Examples for "penstock"
1
But the guest grabbed the penstock while it was still vibrating.
When Egypt Went Broke: A Novel
2
I'm going to run a penstock up those falls, and put in a turbine, driving a high-tension alternator.
Spacehounds of IPC
3
Everything ready for the test, Stevens took off his frayed and torn leather coveralls and moccasins and climbed nimbly up the penstock.
Spacehounds of IPC
4
The next day I told Miss Penstock.
Saxe Holm's Stories / First Series
5
Penstock, a wooden tube for conducting water.
The New McGuffey Fourth Reader
1
A Double-faced Wedge-shaped Sluice -Valve for Main Street Water-pipes.
James Nasmyth, Engineer: An Autobiography
1
A concrete head gate was installed at a feasible take-out point on the Crazy Loop.
The Settling of the Sage
2
Two men had dismounted by the head gate.
The Settling of the Sage
3
The water was gradually raised till it ran almost flush with the top of the head gate.
The Settling of the Sage
4
One man knelt near the head gate, then mounted and jumped his horse off after the rest.
The Settling of the Sage
5
Hey, what if I shut all the head gates while they're digging?
Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
1
The man who keeps the water gate there is called Jehan Werbecque.
The White Queen
2
He made for the east and the water gate of the Inner Round.
Dancer’s Lament
3
There is a boat with armed men at the water gate to the abbey.
The White Queen
4
A blackbird picked up the note, and sang from a bush by the water gate.
Wolf hall
5
Evidently they were hurrying down to the water gate.
The Fortieth Door
Использование термина floodgate на английском
1
The words came into her blank, resistant mind like a floodgate opening.
The Beast Within
2
The addition of her air magick had opened some kind of floodgate.
Witch heart
3
Cornelia saw his emotion; the great floodgate of her heart seemed suddenly lifted.
Beulah
4
Meeting his gaze, she unbarred a floodgate of happy tenderness in her eyes.
The Path of a Star
5
He raised the floodgate, and there at last was a way of escape.
The Trail of '98: A Northland Romance
6
They dug an outlet for the pond and rigged a floodgate for it.
Analog sff, december 2009
7
That opened the floodgate of offers to work on other dancehall and reggae projects.
Jamaica Observer
8
If he loses the ruling it could open a floodgate of charges against him.
The Irish Times
9
His comment was treated like something of a floodgate-opening event.
The Irish Times
10
I opened a floodgate, and the tide has drowned me.
Shades of gray
11
Isabelle opened the floodgate to her fears, allowing all her terror to come pouring forth.
Witch blood
12
He could only mean along to Byron's Pool, to the floodgate that crosses the river.
The great lover
13
A floodgate of memories from his youth burst open.
The god machine
14
This opened a floodgate of accusation and crocodillian remorse.
Wild Justice
15
The marks suddenly opened between us like a floodgate.
Blue Moon
16
I rolled from the floodgate among the ducks, and cried, "Snake!"
Laddie: A True Blue Story
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Translations for floodgate
португальский
descarregador de cheia
каталонский
comporta
Floodgate через время