penstock

English

Etymology

Perhaps from pen (“an enclosure”) + stock.

Noun

penstock (plural penstocks)

  1. A sluice or pipe which allows the controlled flow of water from behind a dam, typically routing it to a turbine of a power plant.
  2. The barrel of a wooden pump.

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