millwheels

They won't exactly zip her away on their own, the oF millwheels, but they'll get her out of harbour without a tug, jolly her along in a flat calm, and hold her in a heavy sea.

The Gates of Noon Rohan, Michael Scott, 1951- 1992

In those days it was considered possible that a balloon could be rendered navigable by oars, wings, millwheels, etc., and it was not until the last decades of the nineteenth century, when light and powerful motors had been constructed, that the problem became really practical of solution.

British Airships, Past, Present, and Future George Whale

But when the streams come to the landings between the steps, they hurl themselves headlong over them; this is why the water comes with such a seething rush that it gathers strength with which to move millwheels and machinery – these, too, have sprung up by every waterfall.

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils 1922

The sound of the millwheels and of the rain disposed one to indolence and slumber.

The Chorus Girl and Other Stories Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882

No sound of millwheels or steam-hammers is heard here, only the summer breeze stirring the lofty pine branches, the hum of insects, and the trickling of mountain streams.

In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" Matilda Betham-Edwards 1877

After crossing this we reach L'Isle, an island village girdled by the gliding Sorgues, overshadowed with gigantic plane-boughs, and echoing to the plash of water dripped from mossy fern-tufted millwheels.

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series John Addington Symonds 1866

After crossing this we reach L'Isle, an island village girdled by the gliding Sorgues, overshadowed with gigantic plane-boughs, and echoing to the plash of water dripped from mossy fern-tufted millwheels.

Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866