The Collaborative International Dictionary
Danaide \Da"na*ide\ (d[=a]"n[.a]*[imac]d), n. [From the mythical Danaides, who were condemned to fill with water a vessel full of holes.] (Mach.) A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one.
Wiktionary
n. (context engineering English) A water wheel having a vertical axis and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one.
Usage examples of "danaide".
The punishments of Dirce and the Danaides are cited in I Clement vi, 1 ff.
Women were paraded as Danaides and Dircae and put to death after they had suffered horrible and cruel indignities.
Before, in that dreaming time, I saw that I had drawn water like the Danaides, in a pitcher full of holes.