Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A wheel, typically driven by water, that powers a mill.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. the water wheel that drives the machinery of a mill.
WordNet 3.0
- n. water wheel that is used to drive machinery in a mill
Examples
“The mill wheel was turning, spilling its load of water into the tailrace, spraying and splattering.”
“When Ada set her hand to the doorframe, the whole building vibrated with the turning of mill wheel and gears and drive shaft and grindstones.”
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