The Tainter gate is a type of radial arm floodgate used in dams and canal locks to control water flow.It is named for Wisconsin structural engineer Jeremiah Burnham Tainter.he Tainter gate is a type of radial arm floodgate used in dams and canal locks to control water flow.
Definition of petit larceny. : larceny involving property of a value below a legally established minimum.
It was petit larceny where the value was twelve pence or under, the punishment being imprisonment or whipping. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 2 Various.