English Explanatory Dictionary

flutter wheel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A water wheel placed below a fall or in a chute where rapidly moving water strikes the tips of the floats.

Word forms

flutter wheel flutter wheels

Etymology

So called from the spattering of water and the fluttering noise it makes.

Related words

turbine wheel
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