mill tail

English

Noun

mill tail (plural mill tails)

  1. The water that flows from a millwheel after turning it, or the channel in which the water flows.
    • 1858, Charles Kingsley, “Chalk Stream Studies”, in Fraser's Magazine:
      In chalk streams the largest fish are found oftener in the mill-heads than in the mill tails.
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