millwheel

See also: mill wheel

English

Alternative forms

• mill wheel

Etymology

From Middle English milnewhel, from Old English mylenhwēol (“millwheel”), equivalent to mill +‎ wheel.

Noun

millwheel (plural millwheels)

1. A water wheel used to power a watermill.

Translations

water wheel used to power a watermill

Bulgarian: воденично колело n (vodenično kolelo) Chinese: Mandarin: 水輪 / 水轮 (zh) (shuǐlún) Esperanto: rado de muelilo Finnish: vesipyörä (fi) German: Mühlrad (de) n Manx: queeyl wyllinagh f Russian: ме́льничное колесо́ n (mélʹničnoje kolesó) Swedish: kvarnhjul n