windmilling

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noun

The process of milling with a windmill.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of windmill
nounwindmilling (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe process of milling with a windmill.

    As windmilling became more and more marginal, so there was less money to keep the mills in repair […]

    1996, Richard Leslie Hills, Power from Wind: A History of Windmill Technology, page 215
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