1. an artificial channel conveying water, typically used for transporting logs or timber.
▪ a winding tubular water slide or chute at a swimming pool or amusement park.
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a river or stream): from Old French flum, from Latin flumen ‘river’, from fluere ‘to flow’. The sense ‘artificial channel’ dates from the mid 18th century; ‘water chute for amusement’ is a late 20th-century usage.
