Tailrace

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tailrace \Tail"race`\, n.
     1. See {Race}, n., 6.
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     2. (Mining) The channel in which tailings, suspended in
        water, are conducted away.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tailrace
       n : a watercourse that carries water away from a mill or water
           wheel or turbine