{"id":27608,"date":"2020-02-09T13:00:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T19:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=27608"},"modified":"2020-02-09T13:00:18","modified_gmt":"2020-02-09T19:00:18","slug":"word-of-the-day-541","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2020\/02\/09\/word-of-the-day-541\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sluice<\/em>:<\/p>\n

A\u00a0sluice<\/b>\u00a0(\/s<\/span>l<\/span>u<\/span>s<\/span>\/<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0SLOOS<\/i><\/a>; from the\u00a0Dutch<\/a>\u00a0sluis<\/i>) is a water channel controlled at its head by a gate. A\u00a0mill race<\/a>,\u00a0leet<\/a>,\u00a0flume<\/a>,\u00a0penstock<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0lade<\/a>\u00a0is a sluice channelling water toward a\u00a0water mill<\/a>. The terms\u00a0sluice<\/b>,\u00a0sluice gate<\/b>,\u00a0knife gate<\/b>, and\u00a0slide gate<\/b>\u00a0are used interchangeably in the water and\u00a0wastewater<\/a>\u00a0control industry.<\/p>\n

A sluice gate is traditionally a wood or metal barrier sliding in grooves that are set in the sides of the waterway. Sluice gates commonly control water levels and flow rates in rivers and\u00a0canals<\/a>. They are also used in\u00a0wastewater treatment plants<\/a>\u00a0and to recover minerals in\u00a0mining<\/a> operations, and in watermills.\u00a0[Wikipedia<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n
\n
\n

Noted while watching\u00a0Travels by Narrowboat<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sluice: A\u00a0sluice\u00a0(\/slus\/\u00a0SLOOS; from the\u00a0Dutch\u00a0sluis) is a water channel controlled at its head by a gate. A\u00a0mill race,\u00a0leet,\u00a0flume,\u00a0penstock\u00a0or\u00a0lade\u00a0is a sluice channelling water toward a\u00a0water mill. The terms\u00a0sluice,\u00a0sluice gate,\u00a0knife gate, and\u00a0slide gate\u00a0are used interchangeably in the water and\u00a0wastewater\u00a0control industry. A sluice gate is traditionally a wood or metal barrier sliding in grooves \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27609,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27608\/revisions\/27609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}