PEN'STOCK, noun [pen and stock.] A narrow or confined place formed by a frame of timber planked or boarded, for holding or conducting the water of a mill-pond to a wheel, and furnished with a flood gate which may be shut or opened at pleasure.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.