millstream

American  

[mil-streem] / ˈmɪlˌstrim /

noun

1. the stream in a millrace.

2. millrace.

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millstream British  

/ ˈmɪlˌstriːm /

noun

1. a stream of water used to turn a millwheel

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Etymology

Origin of millstream

First recorded in 1805–15; mill ¹ + stream

Example Sentences

The words were easy to understand�for good measure, they were printed on the jacket�and the repertory never got far from the old millstream.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the dead woman's handbag was fished out of a lake far off the A2O road, Fabian traced the course of the bag up an old millstream to a cider works near the road.

From Time Magazine Archive

So we went back to Jerry’s house and got another line and some hooks, and then walked down to the millstream, which was really the Aspetuck River.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

The path wound along a bank a couple of feet above the millstream.

From The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

The current was running along the side of the ship like a millstream.

From Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young by Bull, Jacob B.