tailwater en · NOUN
Etymology
From tail + water.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The water located immediately downstream from a hydraulic structure, such as a dam, bridge, or culvert.
Like the more renowned Missouri and Henry’s Fork of Montana and Idaho, it is a tailwater fishery; that is, it owes its remarkable fecundity and its population of big wild trout to the cold-water outflow of reservoir impoundment.
2008 May 27, Peter Kaminsky, “Rules for Reservoirs Pose Threat to Trout Population”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tailwaters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |