breast wheel
1breast wheel — Water wheel Wa ter wheel 1. Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; called an {overshot wheel} when the water is applied at the top, an {undershot wheel} when at the bottom,… …
2breast wheel — noun : a waterwheel onto which the water is led at about axle height and which acts partly by impulse and partly by the weight of the descending water in the buckets compare overshot wheel, undershot wheel * * * a waterwheel onto which the… …
3breast wheel — a waterwheel onto which the propelling water is fed at the height of a horizontal axle. [1750 60] * * * …
4breast-wheel — …
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6overshot wheel — Water wheel Wa ter wheel 1. Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; called an {overshot wheel} when the water is applied at the top, an {undershot wheel} when at the bottom,… …
7reaction wheel — Water wheel Wa ter wheel 1. Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; called an {overshot wheel} when the water is applied at the top, an {undershot wheel} when at the bottom,… …
8turbine wheel — Water wheel Wa ter wheel 1. Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; called an {overshot wheel} when the water is applied at the top, an {undershot wheel} when at the bottom,… …
9undershot wheel — Water wheel Wa ter wheel 1. Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; called an {overshot wheel} when the water is applied at the top, an {undershot wheel} when at the bottom,… …
10vortex wheel — Water wheel Wa ter wheel 1. Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; called an {overshot wheel} when the water is applied at the top, an {undershot wheel} when at the bottom,… …
