noun
- artificial channels or passages through which water flows, especially those controlled by gates or valves
Usage: engineering; plural form of sluiceway
Examples
- The dam’s sluiceways were opened to release excess water during the flood.
- Engineers inspected the concrete sluiceways for cracks and damage.
- Fish ladders were built alongside the sluiceways to help salmon migrate upstream.
- The old mill used wooden sluiceways to direct water to the wheel.
- Heavy debris blocked several sluiceways after the storm.
- Workers cleared ice from the sluiceways before the spring thaw.