overshot wheel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of overshot wheel
First recorded in 1665–75
Example Sentences
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We had to borrow to buy our big overshot wheel; we had, though.
From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir
The generatrix had to make 1,500 revolutions, and be set in motion by an overshot wheel.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various
When they came to the narrow bridge beside the mill, with its roughened causeway eternally shaken by the roar and wet with the spray of the overshot wheel, she trembled.
From Ovington's Bank by Weyman, Stanley J.
Where sufficient fall is available—at least three feet—the overshot wheel is used.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) by Winslow, Kenelm
We can let the water fall into the buckets of an overshot wheel.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 by Various
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