ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Breastshot

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Breastshot is an adjective meaning (of a water wheel) Vertically mounted, and rotated by falling water striking buckets near the center of the wheel's edge, or just above it.

Meaning

(of a water wheel) Vertically mounted, and rotated by falling water striking buckets near the center of the wheel's edge, or just above it.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include undershot, side-wheel, underdrift, overdrift, wheelie, wind-rode.

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