英语词汇“headgate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

headgate n. (a) a gate for controlling the entry of water into a sluice, channel, etc.; spec. a gate or pair of gates at the upstream end of a canal lock; (b) a gate at the end of a cage, pen, or chute, used as an aid to handling livestock, which allows the head to pass through but restrains the shoulders.

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1772 J. Smeaton Let. 12 Dec. in Lett. Morres & Smeaton (1773) 30 I put the Cloughs answerable to the Head Gates, upon Tunnels through the walls.

1839 C. M. Kirkland New Home xxix. 192 The tired fire-fighters raced..to the dam, where they found the water pouring through a hole near the head-gate.

1913 J. B. Bishop Panama Gateway v. ii. 3 The entrances [of the penstocks] are closed by cast-iron head-gates and bar-iron trash-racks.

1926 Jrnl. Amer. Vet. Med. Assoc. 48 208 After we have completed the testing of a chute full of cattle.., we check back on each animal to see if we have tested same before the head gate is opened.

1954 Cornell Extension Bull. No. 901. 8/1 A well-built chute with a head gate is one of the ‘must’ pieces of equipment on a beef-cattle farm.

1993 Dairy Guide (Winnipeg, Manitoba) Apr. 10/1 In the center of barn is an 8'-wide manger with locking head gates.

2003 D. Cadbury Seven Wonders Industr. World (2004) vii. 292 A new canal was dug on flatter land with no headgate to hold the river back when in flood.

单词	headgate
释义	> as lemmas headgate headgate n. (a) a gate for controlling the entry of water into a sluice, channel, etc.; spec. a gate or pair of gates at the upstream end of a canal lock; (b) a gate at the end of a cage, pen, or chute, used as an aid to handling livestock, which allows the head to pass through but restrains the shoulders. ΚΠ 1772 J. Smeaton Let. 12 Dec. in Lett. Morres & Smeaton (1773) 30 I put the Cloughs answerable to the Head Gates, upon Tunnels through the walls. 1839 C. M. Kirkland New Home xxix. 192 The tired fire-fighters raced..to the dam, where they found the water pouring through a hole near the head-gate. 1913 J. B. Bishop Panama Gateway v. ii. 3 The entrances [of the penstocks] are closed by cast-iron head-gates and bar-iron trash-racks. 1926 Jrnl. Amer. Vet. Med. Assoc. 48 208 After we have completed the testing of a chute full of cattle.., we check back on each animal to see if we have tested same before the head gate is opened. 1954 Cornell Extension Bull. No. 901. 8/1 A well-built chute with a head gate is one of the ‘must’ pieces of equipment on a beef-cattle farm. 1993 Dairy Guide (Winnipeg, Manitoba) Apr. 10/1 In the center of barn is an 8'-wide manger with locking head gates. 2003 D. Cadbury Seven Wonders Industr. World (2004) vii. 292 A new canal was dug on flatter land with no headgate to hold the river back when in flood. extracted from headn.¹ < as lemmas
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