Meaning of lock gate | Babel Free

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one of a pair of gates at each end of a lock chamber on a canal, or river with a weir.

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“During the day conditions worsened quickly—for example, a 2-6-0 on the Uckfield line suddenly encountered flood water high enough to enter its ashpan and extinguish its fire—until lock gates up-river at Barcombe gave way and a tidal wave rolled down the valley meeting head-on a spring tide rolling up from the coast.”

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