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flutter wheel

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noun
a waterwheel at the bottom of a chute, turned by the falling water.
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Origin of flutter wheel

First recorded in 1810–20

Words nearby flutter wheel

flutist, flutter, flutterboard, flutter kick, flutter mill, flutter wheel, fluttery, fluty, fluvial, fluviatile, fluviomarine
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How to use flutter wheel in a sentence

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

    History of California|Helen Elliott Bandini

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

    Fifty Years In The Northwest|William Henry Carman Folsom

  • That's my flutter-wheel, and I feel like breaking it to pieces.

    Queer Stories for Boys and Girls|Edward Eggleston
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