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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a watercourse that carries water away from a mill or water wheel or turbine; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tailrace \Tail"race`\, n.
   1. See Race, n., 6.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Mining) The channel in which tailings, suspended in
      water, are conducted away.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tailrace
    n 1: a watercourse that carries water away from a mill or water
         wheel or turbine