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waygates

waygates is the plural of waygate.

Meaning of waygate

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

Questions about waygates

What is waygates the plural of?
Waygates is the plural of waygate.

Words near waygates in the dictionary

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

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