1867. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk., Fore-bay.… The galley or sick-bay.
1874. Knight, Dict. Mech., I. 904/2. Fore-bay. (Hydraulics.) A reservoir or conductor between a mill-race and a water-wheel. The discharging-end of a head or mill-race.
1867. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk., Fore-bay.… The galley or sick-bay.
1874. Knight, Dict. Mech., I. 904/2. Fore-bay. (Hydraulics.) A reservoir or conductor between a mill-race and a water-wheel. The discharging-end of a head or mill-race.
