Crossword clues for millwheel
The Collaborative International Dictionary
millwheel \millwheel\ n. a waterwheel that is used to drive machinery in a mill.
Wiktionary
alt. A water wheel used to power a watermill n. A water wheel used to power a watermill
WordNet
n. water wheel that is used to drive machinery in a mill
Wikipedia
Millwheel or water wheel are sometimes used as a charge in heraldic arms. The water wheel is often used to symbolize the food processing industry or industry in general.
The heraldric millwheel is usually stylized and may look different in the heraldic traditions of different countries.
Usage examples of "millwheel".
Intimations of what might come of the night turned slowly in his head, like millwheels in a lazy stream, affording him a glimpse of every bladed consequence.
Like an unbraked millwheel caught in an inconceivable flood, Bloodstone was snared in a vortex of energy that raced out of control, pent up with no outlet, raging power that would tear it to atoms.
It was about a hundred meters upstream from the burning wreckage of the noria, the water-powered millwheel that filled the distributory network of irrigation ditches.
Under Mother's command, we took the oxen and the heaviest wain left in the village tithe-barn and brought back more wheat which had to be hand-ground, as the millwheel was frozen solid in the weir.