pitwheel

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noun

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.

OriginEnglish wheel ← Middle English whel ← Old English hwēol →
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Meanings

nounpitwheel (plural pitwheels)

plural pitwheels · alternative pit wheel

  1. 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.

Origin

  1. Proto-West Germanic*puti
  2. Old Englishpytt
  3. Middle Englishpit
  4. Englishpit
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  6. Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
  7. Proto-Germanic*hweulō
  8. Old Englishhwēol
  9. Middle Englishwhel
  10. Englishwheel
  11. Englishpitwheel

From pit + wheel.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

pitwheel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pitwheel

MLA

“pitwheel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pitwheel. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pitwheel,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pitwheel.

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