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flutter wheel

flutter wheel noun: a water wheel placed below a fall or in a chute where rapidly moving water strikes the tips of the floats.

Noun

flutter wheel (plural flutter wheels)

  1. A water wheel placed below a fall or in a chute where rapidly moving water strikes the tips of the floats.

Forms of flutter wheel

pluralflutter wheels

Origin of flutter wheel

So called from the spattering of water and the fluttering noise it makes.

Questions about flutter wheel

What does flutter wheel mean?
Flutter wheel means a water wheel placed below a fall or in a chute where rapidly moving water strikes the tips of the floats.
What part of speech is flutter wheel?
Flutter wheel is a noun.
What is the plural of flutter wheel?
The plural of flutter wheel is flutter wheels.

Words near flutter wheel in the dictionary

  1. flutter the dovecots
  2. flutter tongue
  3. flutter tongued
  4. flutter tongues
  5. flutter tonguing
  6. flutter wheel
  7. flutter wheels
  8. flutter-tongue
  9. flutter-tongued
  10. flutter-tongues
  11. flutter-tonguing

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