millrace

[ mil-reys ]

/ ˈmɪlˌreɪs /

the channel in which the current of water driving a mill wheel flows to the mill.

the current itself.

Origin of millrace

First recorded in 1470–80; mill¹ + race¹

The tide was rushing south through the Gouliot Pass like a mill-race.

Carette of Sark |John Oxenham
Once we were actually drawn into the mill-race and tore madly down the rushing stream.

The Scientific American Boy |A. Russell (Alexander Russell) Bond
The stream in the ravine slid down a long slope like a mill-race, and the sides were bare and stony.

Prester John |John Buchan
The cave that disclosed the animal bones is on the left bank of the glen, and was but recently discovered in making a mill-race.

England, Picturesque and Descriptive |Joel Cook

Here we stop to watch and tease the turtles in the mill-race.

The Red Rugs of Tarsus |Helen Davenport Gibbons

millrace

/ (ˈmɪlˌreɪs) /

the current of water that turns a millwheel

the channel for this water