walk milln.
/ˈwɔːk mɪl/, U.S. /ˈwɔk ˌmɪl/, /ˈwɑk ˌmɪl/ Now rare.
A mill which is powered by people or a horse, turning a geared axle while walking. Cf. horse-mill n.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > mills > [noun] > horse- or walk-mill
horse-mill1530
wheel1623
apple mill1654
walk mill1773
the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > fulling > mill
waulk mill1241
fulling mill1388
tucking-mill1467
tuck-milla1641
fullery1728
tucking-stock1751
walk mill1773
plash-mill1795
waulking-mill1805
1773 W. Emerson Princ. Mech. (ed. 3) 286 List of Machines &c... Walk-mill.
1892 Daily News 15 Nov. 3/1 If there is no wind to supply the necessary power, the leader hopes that twelve men will be able to furnish it by means of a walk-mill, arranged on deck.
1957 Country Life 2 Apr. 79/2 The ancient walk-mill we had at the farm when I was a boy..to thrash corn..and mill oats.
1971 Country Life 4 Nov. 1226/1 In the steading the walk mill might be going as a rick was thrashed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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