A wheel in the gearing of a mill, connected to the sail mechanism and driving the upper millstone. Cf. wallower, n. 2.
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > equipment > mills > [noun] > windmill > other parts of windmill (9) rown-wheel1688 A wheel in the gearing of a mill, connected to the sail mechanism and driving the upper millstone. Cf. wallower, n. 2. stair-tree1688 †(a) the sloping timber on or in which the ends of the steps of a wooden staircase are fixed; (b) (see quot. 1688); (c) a tree with steps in it to… tail1712 A thing, part, or appendage, resembling the tail of an animal in shape or position. A kind of wooden lever at the back of a windmill by which it… roundhouse1772 A similar building at the base of a windmill, enclosing the supporting structure. wind-wheel1867 a wheel turned by the wind to drive some mechanism, as in a windmill or wind-pump. windmill-cap1875 the upper story of a windmill when made movable so as to turn the sails to the wind (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1875). tail-box1895 see quot. quant1924 In a windmill: a vertical spindle that transmits the drive from the gearing to the upper of a pair of millstones. tail-pole1945 a wooden lever or turning beam by means of which a post- or windmill is turned to the wind. |
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