NOUN
- enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it
How To Use lock chamber In A Sentence
- The size of the lock chamber restricts the size of boats which can use a particular canal.
- The locks, the lock chambers, we have a 1,200-foot lock chamber, which would allow five barges deep and three barges wide, plus its towed to enter in and traditional lock up or down the river and then we have a 600 lock chamber which is smaller but would still allow lockage through traditionally. CNN Transcript Sep 27, 2009
