breast wheel
noun
a waterwheel onto which the propelling water is fed at the height of a horizontal axle.
Origin of breast wheel
First recorded in 1750–60
Words nearby breast wheel
breast drill,
breast line,
breast pump,
breast timber,
breast wall,
breast wheel,
breast-beating,
breast-feed,
breastbone,
breasted,
breasting
Example sentences from the Web for breast wheel
Quite as pictorial as a breast-wheel is a wind-mill, the older the better, thinks the artist as he views its weather-beaten frame.
Inventors at Work |George Iles