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ˈsmock-mill
[f. smock n., with reference to the shape.]
A windmill having a revolving top.
1802Hull Advertiser 18 Dec. 3/2. 1825 J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 124 The other method of bringing the windshaft and sails into..position..is by what is called the smock-mill. 1838–in dialect glossaries and technical dictionaries. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 599 The post mill was succeeded by the tower, smock, or frock mill. |