tailrace

A noun referring to a channel or watercourse that carries water away from a mill, water wheel, or turbine after it has been used.

• 🇷🇺Канал или водоток, отводящий воду от мельницы, водяного колеса или турбины после её использования.

1. Water channel from a mill or turbine C2 formal

   A channel or watercourse that carries water away from a mill, water wheel, or turbine after it has been used.

   • The tailrace channel was designed to prevent flooding near the mill.
   • Engineers inspected the tailrace for blockages after the storm.
   • Water from the turbine flows into the tailrace and returns to the river.

   🇷🇺Отводной канал

• tailraces plural form
• tailraces' possessive plural form
• tailrace's possessive singular form