mill tail

noun

The water that flows from a millwheel after turning it, or the channel in which the water flows.

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Meanings

nounmill tail (plural mill tails)

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
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