Noun head gate has 2 senses
  1. sluicegate, sluice valve, floodgate, penstock, head gate, water gate - regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
    --1 is a kind of regulator
    --1 is a part of sluice, sluiceway, penstock
  2. head gate - a gate upstream from a lock or canal that is used to control the flow of water at the upper end
    --2 is a kind of
    gate
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