A wheel, esp. a waterwheel, used to drive a mill.
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > equipment > mills > [noun] > wheel used to drive mill (8) mill-wheelOE A wheel, esp. a waterwheel, used to drive a mill. wheelc1400 Various mechanical contrivances. = mill-wheel, n. breast wheel1744 A type of waterwheel in which water strikes the wheel near the level of its axle (rather than from above or beneath). Cf. earlier breast mill n. at b… whirl-wheel1853 a kind of waterwheel (see quot.). Subcategories:— part of (3) — action of when clogged by tail-water (1) |
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