Sealock

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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.

    "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, […]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms
tidal lock

Example

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"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, […]"

Etymology

From sea + lock.

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