waygate

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Definition of waygate

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

The tailrace of a mill.

“1 and 2 are connected to one pipe, B, which leads to the pitshaft -- descends close to the side of the same — and then passes horizontally along the top of the waygate, whence branches lead off to the different workings where the men are employed”

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