millrace

noun

The fast-moving stream of water that drives a mill wheel.

noun

The channel for the water that drives a mill wheel.

noun

The current of water that drives a mill-wheel, or the channel in which it flows from the dam to the mill.

noun

a channel from a millpond to a millwheel, to provide the water current that turns the millwheel.

noun

Alternative form of mill race.

noun

a channel for the water current that turns a millwheel