sluiceway

[ sloos-wey ]

noun

1. a channel controlled by a sluice gate.
2. any artificial channel for water.

sluiceway

/ slo̅o̅s′wā′ /

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of sluiceway¹

An Americanism dating back to 1770–80; sluice + way ¹

Example Sentences

When it is time to harvest Superior Fresh’s salmon, workers in waterproof clothing use a long-handled net to carefully lift the fish onto a portable sluiceway.

From Science Magazine

The breakwater was constructed with four sluiceways, or portholelike tunnels, which allowed for greater circulation of ocean water.

From Los Angeles Times

She wishes she’d closed the “sluiceway” on the “current” of her memories.

From Washington Post

In minutes I hear the water gushing down the sluiceway, bubbling and chortling along until it spills out the end and strikes the paddles of the wheel just forward of its highest point.

From Literature

The dam being removed was built to direct water to a man-made sluiceway.

From Washington Times