TAILRACE

tailrace

(noun) a watercourse that carries water away from a mill or water wheel or turbine

Source: WordNet® 3.1

tailrace (plural tailraces)

(archaic) The part of a millrace that carries water away from a water wheel.

The part of a hydropower facility that carries water away from a turbine.

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Source: Wiktionary

Tail"race`, n.

1. See Race, n., 6.

2. (Mining)

Definition: The channel in which tailings, suspended in water, are conducted away.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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