breast wheel
noun
a waterwheel onto which the propelling water is fed at the height of a horizontal axle.
Words nearby breast wheel
breast drill, breast line, breast pump, breast timber, breast wall, breast wheel, breast-beating, breast-feed, breastbone, breasted, breasting
Origin of breast wheel
First recorded in 1750–60
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Examples from the Web for breast wheel
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.
Inventors at Work|George Iles