headgate

noun

head·​gate ˈhed-ˌgāt 

: a gate for controlling the water flowing into a channel (such as an irrigation ditch)

Examples of headgate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In April, Dan Nielsen and Grant Knoll bought property next to the irrigation canal headgate in Klamath Falls, Oregon. — Rachel Ramirez, Lucy Kafanov and Leslie Perrot, CNN, 10 June 2021

Seus agreed with DuVal that an ugly situation between the headgate demonstrators and the federal government would reflect poorly on the Klamath Basin. — oregonlive, 4 June 2021

They have, however, been forced to hire field representatives who try to get neighbors to cooperate and who have authority to close the headgate if a neighborhood just lets the water run. — Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020

The team was training near a headgate on June 11 when one of the firefighters spotted a body in the water. — Washington Post, 24 June 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1772, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for headgate

• abate
• airfreight
• await
• baseplate
• berate
• birthdate
• birthrate
• bookplate
• borate
• breastplate
• bromate
• casemate