millrun

A noun referring to a channel or course through which water flows to turn a millwheel.

• 🇫🇷Canal ou cours d'eau amenant l'eau à la roue d'un moulin pour la faire tourner.

1. Millrace or mill channel C2 formal

   A channel or stream that carries water to a millwheel, providing the current needed to turn it.

   • The old millrun was carefully dug to direct water from the river.
   • They cleared the debris from the millrun to restore the water flow.
   • The millrun powered the wheel that ground the grain.

   🇫🇷bief d'amenée

   Synonymes: millracerace