flutter wheel

English

Etymology

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

Noun

flutter wheel (plural flutter wheels)

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

Coordinate terms

  • tub wheel, undershot wheel, breast wheel, central-discharge wheel, overshot wheel,

See also

  • turbine wheel

References

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