Noun: flume floom
- Watercourse that consists of an open artificial chute filled with water for power or for carrying logs
"The lumber mill used a flume to transport logs down the mountain"
- A narrow gorge with a stream running through it
"The prospectors searched for gold in the rocky flume";
- gulch
Derived forms: flumes
Type of: gorge, watercourse, waterway
Encyclopedia: Flume