Sealock

Quick meaning: Sealock is a noun meaning A lock that is positioned at the mouth of a canal or waterway so that, when the gates are closed, boats can be raised or lowered between the waterway and sea level.

Meaning

A lock that is positioned at the mouth of a canal or waterway so that, when the gates are closed, boats can be raised or lowered between the waterway and sea level.

Example Sentences

All masters are prohibited from approaching the entrance to the sealocks when they observe a red flag flying […]

Ardrishaig, situated about halfway up Loch Gilp on the west shore, marks the entrance to the Crinan Canal, which is entered through the sealock behind the breakwater.

At Corpach it is intended to form a sealock, to be cut out of the rock, and to make a small basin within it, capable of admitting a number of vessels with the flowing tide, which, after the gates are closed, may ascend the locks at leisure, […]

Word Forms

• sealocks

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include seal, seale, lock, locks, locking, keylock.

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