milldam

[ mil-dam ]
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noun
  1. a dam built in a stream to furnish a head of water for turning a mill wheel.

Origin of milldam

1
Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; see origin at mill1, dam1

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How to use milldam in a sentence

  • Say, Jack, isn't that the name of the man who took the old Grimes farm up at the milldam?

    The Banner Boy Scouts | George A. Warren
  • Night found the army encamped on the east bank of Pine creek, above the site of the old Brier milldam.

    The Land of the Miamis | Elmore Barce
  • In this is the milldam Fall, a ledge about fourteen feet high, over which the waters make a uniform flow all across the ravine.

  • For two hundred years the water has rippled over the sill on which once firmly set the gate to the old milldam.

    Old Plymouth Trails | Winthrop Packard

British Dictionary definitions for milldam

milldam

/ (ˈmɪlˌdæm) /


noun
  1. a dam built in a stream to raise the water level sufficiently for it to turn a millwheel

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