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headrace

noun

Etymology

From head + race.

  1. derived from hárr — “grey-haired; hoary”
  2. derived from haraz — “troop of horses”
  3. derived from رَأْس — “head”
  4. derived from linea sanguinis — “bloodline of descent”
  5. derived from *raiza✻ — “line”
  6. derived from *raitō✻
  7. derived from razza
  8. borrowed from race
  9. compounded as headrace — “head + race”

Definitions

  1. The part of a millrace that brings water to the millwheel.

  2. A time trial in the sport of rowing.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA