Meaning of sealock | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A lock that is positioned at the mouth of a canal or waterway so that, when the gates are closed, boats can be raised or lowered between the waterway and sea level.
2. A surname.

Examples

“At Corpach it is intended to form a sealock, to be cut out of the rock, and to make a small basin within it, capable of admitting a number of vessels with the flowing tide, which, after the gates are closed, may ascend the locks at leisure, […]”

“All masters are prohibited from approaching the entrance to the sealocks when they observe a red flag flying […]”

“Ardrishaig, situated about halfway up Loch Gilp on the west shore, marks the entrance to the Crinan Canal, which is entered through the sealock behind the breakwater.”

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