单词 | smock-mill |
释义 | smock-milln. A windmill having a revolving top. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > mills > [noun] > windmill > types of post mill1755 post-windmill1755 smock windmill1795 smock-mill1802 stob-mill1882 aeromotor1892 1802 Hull Advertiser 18 Dec. 3/2. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative 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. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 599 The post mill was succeeded by the tower, smock, or frock mill. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1802 |
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