écluses-locks: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is écluses? écluses is locks

What is locks?

  • Ouvrage intercalé entre deux plans d'eau dont les régimes de niveau sont différents, qui permet aux bâtiments de passer de l'un à l'autre grâce à la manœuvre d'éléments mobiles, portes et vannes.

    A structure interspersed between two bodies of water with different level regimes, which allows buildings to move from one to the other thanks to the operation of moving parts, doors and valves.

  • Synonyme de sas à air .

    Synonym of airlock .

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