sluice

Noun

• conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate

Verb

• draw through a sluice
  • sluice water
    

• transport in or send down a sluice
  • sluice logs
    

• irrigate with water from a sluice
  • sluice the earth
    

• pour as if from a sluice
  • An aggressive tide sluiced across the barrier reef
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  sluiceway , penstock , flush , sluice down