breastshot

adj

Etymology

From breast + shot.

  1. inherited from *skutą
  2. inherited from sceot
  3. inherited from schot
  4. compounded as breastshot — “breast + shot

Definitions

  1. Vertically mounted, and rotated by falling water striking buckets near the center of the…

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

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA