millrace
the channel in which the current of water driving a mill wheel flows to the mill.
the current itself.
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How to use millrace in a sentence
On the starboard quarter they caught a confused rushing noise, like the subdued murmur of a millrace.
The Pillar of Light | Louis TracyMoss and grass on a millwheel in the Midi are no surer signs of abandonment and disuse than a dry millrace.
Riviera Towns | Herbert Adams GibbonsThe crowd caught and bore them both along like chips in a millrace, keeping the interval constant.
Assignment's End | Roger DeeMechanically the lad walked along the millrace, which was made of hewn boards and hollow logs.
The Last Stetson | John Fox Jr.The tide was going like a millrace, and the solemn roar of the vast stream made very terrible music in the dark.
The Romance of the Coast | James Runciman
British Dictionary definitions for millrace
millrun
/ (ˈmɪlˌreɪs) /
the current of water that turns a millwheel
the channel for this water
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