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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate [syn: sluice, sluiceway, penstock]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1779 an artificial channel into which water is let by a sluice

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sluiceway Sluice"way`, n. An artificial channel into which water is let by a sluice; specifically, a trough constructed over the bed of a stream, so that logs, lumber, or rubbish can be floated down to some convenient place of delivery.