overshot wheel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of overshot wheel
First recorded in 1665–75
Example Sentences
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An old mill with its overshot wheel spanned the ravine and filled it with noisy rattle.
From Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. by Sherman, John
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
It was run by water brought from McKusick creek, the motive power being an overshot wheel forty-five feet in diameter.
From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman
The motive power is an overshot wheel, propelled by water from two large springs.
From Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes by Folsom, William Henry Carman
The overshot wheel used in the former connection is a monster in size, being forty-six feet in diameter.
From Aztec Land by Ballou, Maturin Murray
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