"staircase lock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: staircase locks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} staircase lock (plural staircase locks)
  1. 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. Categories (topical): Canals

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