staircase locks

A form of staircase lock — A set of locks on a waterway canal which rise steeply, and consisting of lock gates where the top gate of one lock is also the bottom gate of the next lock, not having a pound between each level.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of staircase lock
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