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Webster 1913 Edition


Tailrace

Tail′raceˊ

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Noun.
1.
See
Race
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Noun.
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2.
(Mining)
The channel in which tailings, suspended in water, are conducted away.

Definition 2024


tailrace

tailrace

English

Noun

tailrace (plural tailraces)

  1. (archaic) The part of a millrace that carries water away from a water wheel.
  2. The part of a hydropower facility that carries water away from a turbine.