headgate
- noun
- /ˈhɛdˌɡeɪt/
- Specialized
:
puerta de entrada
- An automatic headgate can help save water by directing just the right amount into the irrigation system.
Examples
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He'd crawled into an irrigation headgate, and they hadn't been able to find him in the dark.
Fiction book (2001) -
The 5-by-7-foot half-sculpture, half-fountain is a stylized depiction of a man opening an acequia headgate, thus allowing water to flow over mud-cracked, parched earth.
Academic text (2002) -
The farmer adjusted the headgate to control the flow of water to his crops.
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As the rain came, the worker checked the headgate, ensuring it was functioning properly to flood the fields.
Synonyms
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A metal door that controls water flowing through a dam or channel
A movable barrier at the start of a canal that controls water flow
A gate that controls the flow of water in a channel
A gate or valve that controls water flow in dams and canals
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Headgate is a simple combination of head (the 'top' or 'start' of something) and gate (an 'opening' or 'barrier'), so it originally named the gate at the start of a canal that controls water. That's why a headgate is the device that regulates the flow of water into fields or canals.