‘We used to sit the tins in the wheelbarrow and take them to the tailrace at the south end of the beach to empty.
This 19th-century sawmill, built by Swiss immigrant John Sutter to mill lumber for American homesteaders, became the serendipitous point of origin for the California Gold Rush when a chunk of gold was discovered in its tailrace.
A major search was continuing along the Limerick-Clare border last night after the 16-year-olds were reported missing in the tailrace at Ardnacrusha generating station, near Parteen village and three miles from Limerick city.
Definition of tailrace in US English:
tailrace
nounˈtālrāsˈteɪlreɪs
A water channel below a dam or water mill.
Example sentencesExamples
‘We used to sit the tins in the wheelbarrow and take them to the tailrace at the south end of the beach to empty.
This 19th-century sawmill, built by Swiss immigrant John Sutter to mill lumber for American homesteaders, became the serendipitous point of origin for the California Gold Rush when a chunk of gold was discovered in its tailrace.
A major search was continuing along the Limerick-Clare border last night after the 16-year-olds were reported missing in the tailrace at Ardnacrusha generating station, near Parteen village and three miles from Limerick city.