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head gate   (TTS Sound)

The noun head gate has 2 senses

• sluicegate, sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate, water gate -- (regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice)


• head gate -- (a gate upstream from a lock or canal that is used to control the flow of water at the upper end)