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A wheel forming part of the machinery in a watermill, mounted on the opposite end of the axle to the waterwheel, and driving the wallower on the upright shaft or layshaft.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *puti Old English pytt Middle English pit English pit Proto-Indo-European *kwel- Proto-Indo-European *kwekwléh2 Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English pitwheel From pit + wheel.
