sluiceway

• We're in some kind of sluiceway that runs off one side of the thing High, concrete walls bordered them in on either side. —  090 - Tunnel Terror
• I may be right and I may be wrong, but at all events don't you fellows be scared if you hear a big splash We won't," whispered Randy Then the plank was dropped noiselessly over the hole Ned straddled the rafter--it was too dark to risk an upright position--and made his way to the nearest end, which terminated in one of the walls of masonry that formed the sides of the sluiceway, and on which the mill partially rested. —  Canoe Boys and Campfires Adventures on Winding Waters
• One of the younger men rode the last log through the sluiceway, standing upright as it darted down the chute into the eddy below. —  The Rules of the Game
• The sluiceway was about four feet wide and three feet deep, and there was a great quantity of water flowing through it Part of the sluiceway was wider and more shallow, and this part had, nailed across the bottom, narrow strips of wood, in the shape of cleats. —  Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range
• An old hermit showed Sid the place, but it's been most a year since we repaired this old sluiceway which was here before we came and begun washing, and not more than enough to pay expenses have we had out of it. —  Jack Ranger's Western Trip Or, from Boarding School to Ranch and Range

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