sluice

Meanings

• conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
• pour as if from a sluice
  • "An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef"
• irrigate with water from a sluice
  • "sluice the earth"
• transport in or send down a sluice
  • "sluice logs"
• draw through a sluice
  • "sluice water"

Synonyms

flush, penstock, sluice down, sluiceway