Penstock

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Penstock \Pen"stock\, n. [Etymol. uncertain; perh. fr. pen an
     inclosure + stock.]
     1. A close conduit or pipe for conducting water, as, to a
        water wheel, or for emptying a pond, or for domestic uses.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. The barrel of a wooden pump.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  penstock
       n 1: regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the
            rate of water flow through a sluice [syn: {sluicegate},
            {sluice valve}, {floodgate}, {head gate}, {water gate}]
       2: conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a
          sluicegate [syn: {sluice}, {sluiceway}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "penstock":
     aboideau, air lock, chute, dock gate, eaves trough, flood-hatch,
     floodgate, gate, guide, gutter, head gate, lock, lock gate,
     pentrough, shoot, sluice, sluice gate, tide gate, trough,
     water gate, weir