lock gate's Usage Examples:

raised bricks facilitate the opening of the lock gate in wet weather.

The island's defences were intended (until 1905) to cover the controlled minefield laid across the river and later to tackle fast-moving torpedo boats attempting to enter the naval anchorage above the Forth Bridge or to damage the lock gates of the Rosyth Dockyard.

For permanent solution a new lock gate.

The dock was separated from the Severn by a lock gate.

The old lock gates can still be seen beside the footpath below the canal embankment.

inventions by Medhurst included a steam carriage, a ‘leak proof’ canal lock gate and a variety of weighing and balancing machines.

The stone locks are still operational and underwent major refurbishment including the installation of new lock gates in 2015.

the most basic level, a floating dock is isolated from tidal water by a lock gate, at least, although in many dock systems the entrance is more complex.

Old English word for "lock gate", and it is possible that New Haw developed following the installation of the "new" lock gate in 1653, near The White.

the United Kingdom"s only example of a weirgate, a low height single lock gate that can be opened to provide extra draft once the water levels on each.

The "flashes" were covered with ice the colour of raw umber, the bargemen were muffled to the eyes in sacks, the lock gates wore beards.

lagoon would be formed from a stone causeway and will provide an outer lock gate in the Humber Estuary which would effectively dam the River Hull, making.

The lock gates were built at the Northwich works of British Waterways, and the first pair to be fitted were the upper gates of lock 5, in late October 2001.

Synonyms:

lychgate, hinge, tollgate, head gate, lichgate, tailgate, wicket, turnpike, postern, movable barrier, turnstile, wicket gate, tailboard, tail gate, lock-gate, flexible joint, portcullis, lock, wicket door, tollbar,

Antonyms:

detach, precede, disengage, unlock, unfasten,