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breast wheel
noun
- a waterwheel onto which the propelling water is fed at the height of a horizontal axle.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of breast wheel1
First recorded in 1750–60
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Example Sentences
With greater variation of head-water level, a pitch-back or high breast wheel is better.
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Quite as pictorial as a breast-wheel is a wind-mill, the older the better, thinks the artist as he views its weather-beaten frame.
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If the breast wheel gave the same efficiency as the other, it would require a face about 2½ times as wide.
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