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Tailrace vs Waygate - What's the difference?

tailrace | waygate |

As nouns the difference between tailrace and waygate

is that tailrace is (archaic) the part of a millrace that carries water away from a water wheel while waygate is the tailrace of a mill.

tailrace

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaic) The part of a millrace that carries water away from a water wheel.
  • The part of a hydropower facility that carries water away from a turbine.

    • waygate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The tailrace of a mill.
    • (Knight)
    (Webster 1913)

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