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mill tail

mill tail noun: the water that flows from a millwheel after turning it, or the channel in which the water flows.

Noun

mill tail (plural mill tails)

  1. The water that flows from a millwheel after turning it, or the channel in which the water flows.
    • In chalk streams the largest fish are found oftener in the mill-heads than in the mill tails.1858, Charles Kingsley, “Chalk Stream Studies”, in Fraser's Magazine

Forms of mill tail

pluralmill tails

Questions about mill tail

What does mill tail mean?
Mill tail means the water that flows from a millwheel after turning it, or the channel in which the water flows.
What part of speech is mill tail?
Mill tail is a noun.
What is the plural of mill tail?
The plural of mill tail is mill tails.

Words near mill tail in the dictionary

  1. mill runs
  2. mill scale
  3. mill stream
  4. mill streams
  5. Mill Street
  6. mill tail
  7. mill tails
  8. mill teeth
  9. mill tooth
  10. Mill Valley
  11. mill wheel

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