tub wheel

Noun

In water-powered mills, a horizontal water wheel used to power a grinding stone set in a tub; usually in the form of a short cylinder turned by the impact of one or more streams of water striking against vanes attached radially to the wheel.

Japanese Meaning

水力を利用する製粉装置において、桶（たる）状の構造体内に設置された粉挽き石（あるいは粉臼）を駆動するために用いられる水平に配置された水車。通常、複数の水流が放射状に取り付けられた羽根に衝突して回転する、短い円筒形の形状をしている。

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The old mill's tub wheel, driven by the river's flow, turned the grinding stone night and day.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

古い製粉所の槽型水平水車は、川の流れに押されて昼も夜も石臼を回していた。

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"Whether the man used to give him Christmas cakes and beer, as they do in some places, I don't know, but I should think he didn't, for every time he went to grind his corn the goblin got hold of the tub-wheel and stopped the mill, and he couldn't get any corn ground."

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tub wheels

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