milldam
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of milldam
Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; see origin at mill 1, dam 1
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Apparently, this self-taught prairie lawyer also taught himself how to buoy vessels in his early 20s, when a flatboat he worked on ran aground on a milldam in New Salem, Illinois.
From Slate ● May 29, 2014
The puling Zinovi is called hurriedly to repair a break in a far-away milldam.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the spring the shad ran upriver to breed, but they couldn’t get past the milldam, and the pool was just swarming with them.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
You know, when the water is low in the milldam, the miller cannot drive his wheel; but the moment the water comes up to a certain level it has force to work the mill.
From Handy Andy, Volume 2 — a Tale of Irish Life by Samuel Lover
There they paddle their birch canoes among the coasting schooners, and build their wigwam beside some roaring milldam, and drive a little trade in basket-work where their fathers hunted deer.
From The Seven Vagabonds (From "Twice Told Tales") by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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