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rouet

rouet noun: a flutter wheel.

Noun

rouet (plural rouets)

  1. (obsolete) A flutter wheel.
    • The rouet appears to yield a superior flow to that of the rotary pumps for heights less than sixteen feet, but is inconvenient in not being as easily moved about as the latter, and in not being so well adapted, consequently, to exigencies in submerging vineyards that are broken up, or indeed where...1882, California. Board of State Viticultural Commissioners, Reports of the Chief Viticultural Officer - Volume 1, page 62
    • Another early modification of the rouet consisted in placing the runner in a spiral case as shown in Plate III ( g ).1918, Jay Manuel Whitham, Water Rights Determination: From an Engineering Standpoint, page 125

Forms of rouet

pluralrouets

Origin of rouet

Clipping of the Borrowing from French rouet volant

Questions about rouet

What does rouet mean?
Rouet means a flutter wheel.
What part of speech is rouet?
Rouet is a noun.
What is the plural of rouet?
The plural of rouet is rouets.

Words near rouet in the dictionary

  1. rouelles
  2. Rouen
  3. Rouens
  4. rouerie
  5. roues
  6. rouet
  7. rouets
  8. rouf
  9. roufs
  10. rougarou
  11. rougarous

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