raceway
[reys-wey]
noun
Chiefly British. a passage or channel for water, as a millrace.
a racetrack on which harness races are held.
Electricity. a channel for protecting and holding electrical wires and cables, especially a metal rectangular tube used for such purposes.
Machinery. race1(def 11).
Origin of raceway
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run, medium, means, tunnel, route, carrier, avenue, rill, creek, duct, rivulet, brook, tide, sluice, branch, gill, runnel, raceway, gully, straitExamples from the Web for raceway
Historical Examples of raceway
By referring to Fig. 80, the action of the shuttle in the raceway can be seen, which is from A to B.
The Library of Work and Play: Mechanics, Indoors and OutFred T. Hodgson
The new reality is this highway of the spirit, the very course and raceway of self-consciousness.
The Approach to PhilosophyRalph Barton Perry
He was having a raceway dug on the American river for the purpose of erecting a saw-mill, as there was no lumber in the country.
The Adventures of a Forty-ninerDaniel Knower
After my breakfast I took in the place and went to the raceway where the first piece of gold was discovered.
The Adventures of a Forty-ninerDaniel Knower
See the living stream pour into America through the raceway of Ellis Island.
Aliens or Americans?Howard B. Grose
raceway
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