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waygate

waygate noun: the tailrace of a mill.

Noun

waygate (plural waygates)

  1. The tailrace of a mill.
    • 1 and 2 are connected to one pipe, B, which leads to the pitshaft -- descends close to the side of the same — and then passes horizontally along the top of the waygate, whence branches lead off to the different workings where the men are employed1849, John Warburton, “Harvey's apparatus for cleansing potters' materials from particles of iron”, in Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel

Forms of waygate

pluralwaygates

Origin of waygate

From way + gate.

Questions about waygate

What does waygate mean?
Waygate means the tailrace of a mill.
What part of speech is waygate?
Waygate is a noun.
What is the plural of waygate?
The plural of waygate is waygates.

Words near waygate in the dictionary

  1. wayfinder
  2. wayfinders
  3. wayfinding
  4. Wayford
  5. Waygara
  6. waygate
  7. waygates
  8. waygoing
  9. waygone
  10. Waygood
  11. waygoose

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