windmill
noun
any of various machines for grinding, pumping, etc., driven by the force of the wind acting upon a number of vanes or sails.
had windmilled
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past perfectof windmill.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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In less than two hours he had windmilled over the mountains from Merida, a journey which takes most of a day by narrow-gauge rail and wagon.
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