"mill-leat" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɪlːiːt/ Forms: mill-leats [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mill-leat (plural mill-leats)
  1. An artificial channel for the conveyance of water to a mill; a mill race, a millrun. Wikipedia link: Carmarthenshire Synonyms: milleate [obsolete], mill leat Translations (artificial channel for the conveyance of water to a mill): cafn melin m pynfarch [masculine] (Welsh), pŵant (Carmarthenshire) [colloquial, masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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