trommel
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun In mining, a revolving cylindrical sieve for cleaning or sizing ore.
Examples
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Nearby, Mr. Sherlund's nephew Shane manipulated the long arm of a Caterpillar excavator to feed the dirt from the pile into a trommel: a big rotating barrel with water flowing through it that spits out large rocks on one end and directs silt and small stones into a sluice, a long bed of metal louvers that trap the gold.
Note
The word 'trommel' comes from a German word meaning 'drum'.
