wip mill

noun

A kind of post mill whose main post is bored to take a driveshaft, so that the mill can drive machinery in the base or roundhouse.

OriginDutch wipmolen →
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Meanings

nounwip mill (plural wip mills)

plural wip mills

  1. A kind of post mill whose main post is bored to take a driveshaft, so that the mill can drive machinery in the base or roundhouse.

Origin

  1. Dutchwipmolen
  2. Englishwip mill

From Dutch wipmolen.

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Chicago

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