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)

• Finnish: vesipyörä (fi)
• German: Mühlrad (de) n
• Manx: queeyl wyllinagh f
• Russian: ме́льничное колесо́ n (mélʹničnoje kolesó)
• Swedish: kvarnhjul n