Associations to the word «Headgate»

Wiktionary

HEADGATE, 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).
HEADGATE, noun. A moveable framework designed to hold still the heads of cattle for various procedures

Wise words

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery