millrace
nounThe fast-moving stream of water that drives a mill wheel.
nounThe channel for the water that drives a mill wheel.
nounThe current of water that drives a mill-wheel, or the channel in which it flows from the dam to the mill.
nouna channel from a millpond to a millwheel, to provide the water current that turns the millwheel.
nounAlternative form of
a channel for the water current that turns a millwheel