mill head

noun

The head of water employed to turn a millwheel.

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Meanings

nounmill head (plural mill heads)

plural mill heads

  1. The head of water employed to turn a millwheel.

    The smooth mill-head was alive with rising trout

    1848, [Charles Kingsley], Yeast: A Problem. […], London: John W[illiam] Parker, […], published 1851, →OCLC
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