penstock
English
editEtymology
editPerhaps from pen (“an enclosure”) + stock.
Noun
editpenstock (plural penstocks)
- A sluice or pipe which allows the controlled flow of water from behind a dam, typically routing it to a turbine of a power plant.
- 2017, Fiona Farrell, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, →ISBN, page 30:
- It amazes him still, this effortless journey powered by the fall of water. Water surging through tunnel and penstock.
- The barrel of a wooden pump.
Alternative forms
editTranslations
editsluice or pipe
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barrel of wooden pump