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Meaning of TAILRACE

Pronunciation:  'teyl`reys

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a watercourse that carries water away from a mill or water wheel or turbine
 
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 See Also: watercourse, waterway

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Tail"race`\, n.
1. See {Race}, n., 6.
2. (Mining) The channel in which tailings, suspended in
   water, are conducted away.
 

 

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