Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The wheel that turns a millstone.
- noun Naut, the drumhead of the lower member of a double capstan.
- noun One of the end disks of a trundle-wheel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Gearing) One of the disks forming the ends of a lantern wheel or pinion.
- noun The drumhead of a capstan; especially, the drumhead of the lower of two capstans on the sane axis.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One of the
disks forming the ends of a lantern wheel orpinion . - noun The
drumhead of acapstan , especially the drumhead of the lower of two capstans on the sameaxis .
Etymologies
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trundle + head
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It consists of a perpendicular shaft, to the lower end of which an horizontal wheel of about four or five feet diameter is attached, the upper end passes through the bedstone and carries the runner after the manner of a trundlehead.
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