millwheel

/ ˈmɪlˌwiːl /

noun

1. a wheel, esp a waterwheel, that drives a mill

Example Sentences

Long windows opened out on to a lawn stretching down to the watercourse which fed the millwheel.

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Moss and grass on a millwheel in the Midi are no surer signs of abandonment and disuse than a dry millrace.

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Everything is going round and round in my head like a millwheel.

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How could I speak when my brain was whirling like a millwheel, and my voice choked in my throat?

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Each of them throws his mantle round another and is as swift as a millwheel.

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