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Tailrace

Tailrace Meaning & Definition
Tailrace Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tailrace?

[n] a watercourse that carries water away from a mill or water wheel or turbine

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See Also | watercourse | waterway

Tailrace In Webster's Dictionary

\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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