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an artificial channel for water, with or without a floodgate; sluice
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sluiceway

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An artificial channel, especially one for carrying off excess water.
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An artificial channel, especially one for carrying off a portion of the current of a stream, canal, or other larger body of water.
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Noun

(plural sluiceways)

  1. a man-made channel designed to redirect excess water
Origin

sluice +"Ž way

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