Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tub-wheel. See
water-wheel .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mach.) A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun engineering A
water wheel having avertical axis and an inner and outertapering shell , between which arevanes orfloats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one.
Etymologies
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From the mythical Danaides, who were condemned to fill with water a vessel full of holes.
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