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SLUICE GATE [3 records]

Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks (Canals)
DEF

A device for letting water in or out or holding it back ...

CONT

Filling or emptying of the [lock] chamber is effected by manually or mechanically operated sluices. In small canals these may be on the gates, but on larger canals they are on culverts incorporated in the lock structure, with openings into the chamber through the sidewalls or floor.

CONT

In any lockage sequence when water is being discharged through the lockgate valve it may become necessary to bring the lockage to an emergency stop.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écluses
DEF

Petite vanne destinée à obturer les ouvertures ménagées dans les portes d'une écluse.

CONT

Pour remplir ou vider le sas, il existe quatre dispositifs : les ventelles, qui sont des vannes destinées à fermer les ouvertures ménagées dans les portes d'écluses, mais qui ne sont plus guère employées que pour les petites écluses; [...]

CONT

L'alimentation du sas est assurée par des ventelles, petites vannes ménagées dans les portes.

OBS

On écrit à tort ventelle.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Civil Engineering
  • Transport of Water (Water Supply)
DEF

A gate, used for sluicing, constructed to slide vertically and fastened into or against the masonry of dams, tanks, or other structures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie civil
  • Adduction d'eau (Alimentation en eau)
DEF

Dispositif pour arrêter ou régler le débit de l'eau dans un canal à air libre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ingeniería civil
  • Transporte de agua (Abastecimiento de agua)
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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport par eau
OBS

Canalisation

Spanish

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