sluice gate
Noun

sluice gate (plural sluice gates)

  1. A portal which may be opened or closed to allow or prevent the passage of water through a man-made channel.
  2. (figuratively) Something which restrains or releases a substantial volume—a flood—of activity, emotion, etc.
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