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tailrace::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | watercourse, waterway |
Examples of tailrace
tailrace
In the river, anglers reported walleyes and brown trout from the tailrace on down.
From the post-gazette.com
The tailrace of the reservoir is slated for a state trout-stocking Monday.
From the post-gazette.com
A few stripers and American shad in the tailrace at the Blewett Falls Dam.
From the charlotteobserver.com
That probably will mean high water in the tailrace well into the summer.
From the courier-journal.com
Last weekend, walleyes were reported in the reservoir and from the tailrace to Tidioute.
From the post-gazette.com
Not with the concrete tailrace and earthen dam looming over the water.
From the newsobserver.com
As conditions have allowed, river anglers were catching walleyes in the tailrace of the dam.
From the post-gazette.com
Some large catfish below the tailrace on cut shad, frozen baits.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Striped bass to 15 pounds in the tailrace at Tillery on bucktails.
From the charlotteobserver.com
- A watercourse that carries water away from a mill or water wheel or turbine
- A water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of free-flowing or falling water into useful forms of power. A water wheel consists of a large wooden or metal wheel, with a number of blades or buckets arranged on the outside rim forming the driving surface. ...
- The pipe, flume, or channel in a hydroelectric system that carries the water from the turbine runner back to the stream or river.
- The channel located between a hydroelectric powerhouse and the river into which the water is discharged after passing through the turbines.
- A structure and outlet that conveys flow from a hydroelectric turbine to the river.
