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breast wheel

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noun
  1. a waterwheel onto which the propelling water is fed at the height of a horizontal axle.
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Origin of breast wheel

First recorded in 1750–60
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Historical Examples

  • 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