| 单词 | lift-tenter |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslift-tenter lift-tenter n. in windmills, a governor for regulating the speed, by adjusting the sails, or for adjusting the action of grinding machinery according to the speed. ΚΠ 1824 ‘R. Stuart’ Descr. Hist. Steam Engine 133 The attached balls, which were called a lift-tenter, by their centrifugal force either raised or lowered a stage in which the arbour of the spindle revolved, and brought the mill-stones nearer, or removed them farther from each other, as they might be adjusted. < as lemmas |
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