lock gate

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lock gate

noun lock gates

one of a pair of gates at each end of a lock chamber on a canal, or river with a weir. During the day conditions worsened quickly—for example, a 2-6-0 on the Uckfield line suddenly encountered flood water high enough to enter its ashpan and extinguish its fire—until lock gates up-river at Barcombe gave way and a tidal wave rolled down the valley meeting head-on a spring tide rolling u

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noun gate of a lock

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@misc{lock_gate_2026,
  title = {lock gate},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lock%20gate},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}