floodhead

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
floodhead
    n 1: a wall of water rushing ahead of the flood; "we were lucky
         to be safe when the floodheads hit"
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
floodhead \floodhead\ n.
   a wall of water rushing ahead of the flood; as, we were lucky
   to be safe when the floodheads hit..
   [WordNet 1.5]
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