paternoster wheel
noun
A device for raising water by means of a series of buckets on a chain; a noria.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Edward H. Knight (1824–1883), patent lawyer and expert in mechanics.
| 单词 | paternoster wheel |
| 释义 | paternoster wheelnoun A device for raising water by means of a series of buckets on a chain; a noria. Origin |
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