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Definition of Headgate
1. Noun. Primary gate or valve at aqueduct or other source that can be opened or closed to regulate the flow of water entering an irrigation system (of lesser gated canals and irrigation ditches). ¹
2. Noun. A moveable framework designed to hold still the heads of cattle for various procedures ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Headgate
1. a gate to control the flow of water [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headgate
Literary usage of Headgate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Irrigation Practice and Engineering by Bernard Alfred Etcheverry (1916)
"sidered below for the two distinct types of structures: the open channel type of
headgate and the culvert type of headgate. In general a lateral headgate ..."
2. Irrigation Farming: A Handbook for the Proper Application of Water in the by Lucius Merle Wilcox (1902)
"12—headgate OF A CANAL have it flow out by its own gravity and volition. To do
this a gallery is opened alongside and parallel with the stream, ..."
3. Kinkaid on Irrigation Law of Colorado: The Law of Irrigation as Enunciated by Del Bresee Kinkaid, Colorado (1912)
"Closing headgate of ditch. If one opens a headgate which has been closed by a
water commissioner he is not liable for contempt of court especially in the ..."
4. Hydro-electric Power by Lamar Lyndon (1916)
"Figure 154 shows a wooden headgate of heavy oak planking -in. in thickness, ...
A filler gate is also attached to this headgate. Filler gates are small, ..."
5. Hydro-electric Power by Lamar Lyndon (1916)
"Figure 154 shows a wooden headgate of heavy oak planking -in. in thickness, ...
A filler gate is also attached to this headgate. Filler gates are small, ..."
6. Marvels of the New West: A Vivid Portrayal of the Stuperdous Marvels in the by William Makepeace Thayer (1887)
"The principal canal is one hundred feet wide, and has fifty-six miles of constructed
channel, and ninety miles of the Sag- headgate. wache branch canal ..."
7. Reports of the Decisions of the Court of Appeals of the State of Colorado by Colorado Court of Appeals, William E. Beck, Thomas M. Robinson, John Alonzo Gordon (1905)
"... lying under the canal, for whom and itself, action was brought; that the
headgate of plaintiff's canal is in the northeast bank of the river; ..."
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