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turning-beams

turning-beams is the plural of turning-beam.

Meaning of turning-beam

Noun

turning-beam (plural turning-beams)

  1. Synonym of tail-pole.
    • Old post-mills were turned or 'luffed' into the wind by a pole variously called the tail-pole, tail-beam, turning-beam, or tiller-beam.2011, Stanley Freese, Windmills and Millwrighting, Cambridge University Press, page 40
    Synonyms:
    tail-pole

Questions about turning-beams

What is turning-beams the plural of?
Turning-beams is the plural of turning-beam.

Words near turning-beams in the dictionary

  1. turning up trumps
  2. turning upon
  3. turning upside down
  4. turning-away
  5. turning-beam
  6. turning-beams
  7. turning-evil
  8. turningness
  9. turnings
  10. turnip
  11. turnip cake

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