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flutter wheel

American  

noun

  1. a waterwheel at the bottom of a chute, turned by the falling water.

Etymology

Origin of flutter wheel

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

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It was run at first with a small flutter wheel, which was replaced by a an overshot wheel, 30 feet; that by another, 45 feet, and that by one 50 feet in diameter.

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The first wheel used was a flutter wheel, which, not proving satisfactory, was replaced by an overshot with buckets.

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Knowing something of machinery, the American remedied the defect by means of a flutter wheel, and there was no more trouble.

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