flutter wheel

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of flutter wheel

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

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.

From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman

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

From History of California by Bandini, Helen Elliott

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

From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman