mill dam

noun
/ˈmɪldam/UK

Definitions

  1. A dam constructed across a river or stream to raise the water level so that it can turn a…

    A dam constructed across a river or stream to raise the water level so that it can turn a millwheel; also, the millpond so created.

    • the which, once being brust, / Like to a great Mill-damb forth fiercely gusht, / And powred out of her infernall sinke / Most ugly filth […]
    • He looked so joyy and so good— / While fishing in the milldam-water, / I laughed to see him as he stood, / And dreamt not of the miller's daughter.
    • I sat down on the wooden side of a mill-dam and thought over the past night and the strange adventure in the entrance-hall of Agnes' house.

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