tide mill

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noun

a mill operated by the tidal movement of water.

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Nearby words

tide, tide gage, tide gate, tide in the affairs of men, there is a, tide lock, tide mill, tide over, tide pool, tide race, tide table, tide-bound

Origin of tide mill

First recorded in 1630–40

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Examples from the Web for 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.
American Prisoners of the Revolution|Danske Dandridge