Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In tanning, same as
drum , n., 3 . - noun In hydraulic engin., a tympanum.
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Examples
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At that very moment Diether had reached the interior of the great drum-wheel, and his surprise and horror were unbounded when it commenced to rotate.
Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine Lewis Spence 1914
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What is called a drum-wheel is stationed on the top.
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