单词 | post-windmill |
释义 | > as lemmaspost-windmill post-windmill n. = post mill n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mills > [noun] > windmill > types of post mill1755 post-windmill1755 smock windmill1795 smock-mill1802 stob-mill1882 aeromotor1892 1755 J. Smeaton Diary 17 June in Journey to Low Countries (1938) 3 I observed several post Windmills built in a very awkward ragged fashion..; the sails were at least 44 feet long & about..8 feet wide; the Cloth was all on one side of the Whip. 1931 Times Educ. Suppl. 19 Dec. (Home & Classroom Suppl.) p.iv/2 A Cambridgeshire post-windmill..revolves in an artificial breeze to show wind-power. 1974 C. Taylor Fieldwork in Medieval Archaeol. vi. 119 A circular mound, discovered on the ground or from air photographs, can be proved to have been the site of a post-windmill if an old estate map depicts a windmill there. < as lemmas |
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