raceway

[ reys-wey ]

/ ˈreɪsˌweɪ /

Chiefly British. a passage or channel for water, as a millrace.

a racetrack on which harness races are held.

Electricity. a channel for protecting and holding electrical wires and cables, especially a metal rectangular tube used for such purposes.

Machinery. race¹(def 11).

Origin of raceway

First recorded in 1820–30; race¹ + way¹

After my breakfast I took in the place and went to the raceway where the first piece of gold was discovered.

The Adventures of a Forty-niner |Daniel Knower
Went in swimming today twise, once down to the raceway and once up to the gravel.

The Real Diary of a Real Boy |Henry A. Shute
He was having a raceway dug on the American river for the purpose of erecting a saw-mill, as there was no lumber in the country.

The Adventures of a Forty-niner |Daniel Knower
By referring to Fig. 80, the action of the shuttle in the raceway can be seen, which is from A to B.

The Library of Work and Play: Mechanics, Indoors and Out |Fred T. Hodgson

One flash showed them the canoe dancing down the raceway of a lower rapid, and at the next it had disappeared.

Stranded in Arcady |Francis Lynde

raceway

/ (ˈreɪsˌweɪ) /

another word for race 1 (def. 5)

a racetrack, esp one for banger racing

another word (esp US) for race 1 (def. 6)