English Explanatory Dictionary

bucketwheel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An excavator having a series of bucket-shaped scoops on a rotating wheel or belt

Word forms

bucketwheel bucketwheels bucket-wheel

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English boket English bucket Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English bucketwheel From bucket + wheel.

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