millwheel

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

Then, hurrying through the gateway, The dashing waters found A mighty millwheel waiting, And turned it swiftly round. — Finger plays for nursery and kindergarten, Emilie Poulsson
The ballad is no foul and spent stream that has turned millwheels, run through barnyards, and at last found its way to a ditch; it is wild water, and not far from its source in the mountains. — The Beginnings of Poetry, Francis Barton Gummere

mill wheel

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