Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A recess at the entrance of a canal or hydraulic device. Also called
bay . - noun The sick-bay; also, an old name for the spar-deck galley on a merchant vessel.
- noun That part of a mill-race where the water flows upon the wheel.
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Examples
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Nikki has been racing for one year, and while she has done two trial runs so far, her weekend at the forebay was the first time she drove her boat by herself - a small boat that proudly broadcasts her name along its side.
Local News By STACEY KENNELLY - Staff Writer 2009
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I work with water utilities, I was once talking about a "forebay" in the water system and had to explain what it was.
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Near the two plants is a forebay reservoir containing 164 billion gallons of water.
Niagara Falls 2008
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Thus the course of calculation and the formulas to be applied are the same for the retaining weir in the river and the free overfall weir in the lateral intake, e.g. between forebay and diversion canal (Fig. 26).
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A forebay (4) in stone masonry or concrete, is the next structural component.
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In the configuration finally adopted, water to be pumped is taken from the headrace canal with a separate sedimentation arrangement in the forebay so that there are still fewer suspended particles as compared to water supplied to the turbine.
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A gate (6), similar in construction to the one in the intake, permits emptying the forebay for cleaning and maintenance.
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Construction of canals, forebay basin and pump/turbine house will be completed by the joint effort of the Co-operative Society and the farmers under the technical supervision of BYS and ADB/N.
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For shutting down the plant, a gate-valve is incorporated in the penstock above the turbine inlet, and another valve at the bottom of the forebay is needed to empty it for maintenance work and to flush out sediment.
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The penstock (7), which connects the forebay with the turbine, requires appropriate anchor-blocks and supports, for which stone-masonry is a suitable technique.
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