1. Character Quotes
  2. overshot vs breastwheel

different between overshot vs breastwheel

overshot

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /???.v????t/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?o?.v????t/

Verb

overshot

  1. simple past tense and past participle of overshoot

Adjective

overshot (comparative more overshot, superlative most overshot)

  1. (of a water wheel) powered by water that flows over the top from above
  2. Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower, as in the jaws of some dogs.

Translations

Noun

overshot (plural overshots)

  1. An overshot water wheel.

Related terms

  • undershot

overshot From the web:

  • what overshot means
  • what is overshot weaving
  • what does overshoot mean
  • what is overshot the runway
  • what causes overshot jaw in dogs
  • what is overshot glass
  • what is overshot flaking
  • what is overshot in drilling

breastwheel

English

Etymology

breast +? wheel

Noun

breastwheel (plural breastwheels)

  1. A water wheel where the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight.

breastwheel From the web:

+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share

you may also like

Copyright © 2024 Quotes