flume
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
flume /fluːm/
▶noun
- 1 an artificial channel conveying water, typically used for transporting logs.
- 2 a water slide or chute at a swimming pool or amusement park.
– origin ME (denoting a river or stream): from OFr. flum, from L. flumen ‘river’, from fluere ‘to flow’.
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