Underrunner

Quick meaning: Underrunner is a noun meaning The lower of a pair of grinding millstones.

Meaning

The lower of a pair of grinding millstones.

More Meanings

1. An additional runner added to the bottom of a sledge to protect the main runners in harsh conditions.
2. A runner (mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move) designed to be inserted underneath the item to be moved.

Example Sentences

The arrangement is preferably applied to an underrunner mill.

FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN. […] Four run stones, Munson underrunners, 3 ft diameter.

A triple tandem tow using underrunners. This method has been used for long ocean tows by tugs with a single-drum winch.

Less than half a mile to the south the party sighted an underrunner of a sledge, and assumed it to mark the location the Norwegians had assigned for 90°S.

Word Forms

• underrunners

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