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Definition of Headrace
1. Noun. A waterway that feeds water to a mill or water wheel or turbine.
Definition of Headrace
1. n. See Race, a water course.
Definition of Headrace
1. Noun. The part of a millrace that brings water to the millwheel ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Headrace
1. a water channel [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headrace
Literary usage of Headrace
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Turbine Practice, and Water-power Plants by John Wolf Thurso (1907)
"The location and direction of the entrance to a headrace should be carefully
chosen to avoid, as far as possible, the tendency of the water to carry sand ..."
2. Hydroelectric Developments and Engineering: A Practical and Theoretical by Frank Koester (1909)
"headrace. Scheme. The arrangement of headrace is governed entirely by natural
conditions. While some plants require a dam only, for securing water supply, ..."
3. Hydroelectric Developments and Engineering: A Practical and Theoretical by Frank Koester (1909)
"headrace. Scheme. The arrangement of headrace is governed entirely by natural
conditions. While some plants require a dam only, for securing water supply, ..."
4. Diversion of Water from the Great Lakes and Niagara River by United States Army. Corps of Engineers, James Goold Warren (1921)
"... assumed over-all efficiency, and computed maximum possible use of water.
TABLE No. 15.—Power developments on south headrace at Lockport, ..."
5. Permafrost: Second International Conference, July 13-28, 1973 : USSR by Frederick J. Sanger, Peter J. Hyde (1978)
"Some expansion of the layer of soil from the direction of the headrace and
reduction from the direction of the tailrace are observed. ..."
6. Hydro-electric Development in Ontario: A History of Water-power by Emerson Bristol Biggar (1920)
"The development includes a short headrace 250 feet long, leading from the Trent
Canal to a concrete gatehouse from which three steel penstocks 12 feet ..."
7. Mine and Quarry by Sullivan Machinery Company (1906)
"The present extension is divided into three sections (a) the headrace, 10700 feet
long, with minimum depth of 22 feet and 160 feet in width: (b) the power ..."
8. Laws by Illinois (1913)
"... with vitrified brick, 48 feet in width, from the bridge to the headrace, said
approach being abutted on each side, by property owned and controlled by ..."
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