bull wheel

noun

A type of large windlass used in drilling.

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Meanings

nounbull wheel (plural bull wheels)

plural bull wheels

  1. A type of large windlass used in drilling.

    Outside a big wooden bull wheel was tilted against the wall.

    1939, Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep, Penguin, published 2011, page 237
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