NOUN
- conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate
- regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
How To Use penstock In A Sentence
- The work will involve the construction of maximum strength earth embankments and masonry walls along the Derwent, as well as the installation of floodgates, penstocks and flood valves.
- He had a thick, heavy beard, and some pretty old gear, but the thing I remember most is this wooden alpenstock he was carrying.
- Every lady had her guide and alpenstock, every man had his alpenstock, and all of us were strapped round our waists to hold on to each other. The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton
- One sees them stumble on, leaning on alpenstocks or throwing their heads back to gulp the last of a skinned borraccia.
- For shutting down the plant, a gate-valve is incorporated in the penstock above the turbine inlet, and another valve at the bottom of the forebay is needed to empty it for maintenance work and to flush out sediment. 1. CONSTRAINTS AND PROBLEMS
- The penstock (7), which connects the forebay with the turbine, requires appropriate anchor-blocks and supports, for which stone-masonry is a suitable technique. 1. CONSTRAINTS AND PROBLEMS
- These schemes made use of the flow of water through a series of reservoirs, tunnels, penstocks and power plants.
- She advances over the upland, jumps over the brook, with the aid of her alpenstock, and climbs up the hillock. When We Dead Awaken
- To prevent landslips, the tunnel roofs have been rock-bolted and short-creted, and 7,000 steel liners used for pressure shaft and penstocks alone.
- The Czech scientists allowed the licenses to be transferred to Alpenstock Holdings, a subsidiary of Alltracel.
