Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A revolving cylindrical sieve used for screening or sizing rock and ore.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In mining, a revolving cylindrical sieve for cleaning or sizing ore. Also called sizing-trommel and washing-drum or washing-trommel, according as it is used for sizing or for cleaning ores. See sizing, 3.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Mining) A revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores.

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  • noun mining A revolving buddle or sieve for separating, or sizing, ores.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[German, from Middle High German trummel, diminutive of trumme, drum, probably of imitative origin.]

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Compare German Trommel a drum.

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  • In heartwarming tableaux of old

    The prospector pans for his gold;

    The motorized trommel

    Is now what is normal,

    A scene that leaves dreaming hearts cold.

    July 7, 2018