bull wheel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bull wheel
An Americanism dating back to 1820–30
Example Sentences
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Our empty chairs were whipped around by the huge bull wheel before starting the long flight downhill.
From The New Yorker
It was operated by a bull wheel above the top of the tower, the turning ropes running down inside the mast to the foot block and thence horizontally to the operating motor.
From Project Gutenberg
It will be noted that the guys are below the bull wheel so that the boom has a clear swing through a complete circle.
From Project Gutenberg
If I had had a horse worth a cent—but no, the minute he saw that buffalo bull wheel on him and give a bellow, he raised straight up in the air and stood on his heels.
From Project Gutenberg
Perhaps five hundred feet below, friction had checked its plunge, and meanwhile the velvet-running drum, spinning at its maximum velocity by reason of the whirling bull wheel, was unreeling its cable down upon the derrick platform.
From Project Gutenberg
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