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tide mill

noun
  1. a mill operated by the tidal movement of water.

Origin of tide mill

First recorded in 1630–40
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Historical Examples of tide mill

  • There are many drawbacks to a tide-mill of this description.

    Time and Tide

    Robert S. (Robert Stawell) Ball

  • She was moored three quarters of a mile to the eastward of Brooklyn ferry, near a tide-mill on the Long Island shore.