overshot wheel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of overshot wheel
First recorded in 1665–75
Example Sentences
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The effective economy of the turbine appears to equal that of the overshot wheel.
From Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston
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 John Sherman
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 Stanley J. Weyman
All the figures were moved by a wooden engine, which was run by sand falling on an overshot wheel.
From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 1, January 5, 1884. A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various
We had to borrow to buy our big overshot wheel; we had, though.
From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Sir Hall Caine
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