wind engine en · NOUN
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(archaic) A wind-driven machine, especially a preindustrial one.
Windmills or wind-engines, are used, to some extent, in the Cape Colony.
1901 October 11, Colonel F. V. Corbett, “Report on Irrigation in Natal”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 16, page 492:Near-synonym: windmill
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wind engines | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| wind-engine | alternative | lexicographic |
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el ανεμοκινητήρας (wind-driven machine) · hy հողմաշարժիչ (wind-driven machine) · uk вітродвигу́н (wind-driven machine) · ru ветродви́гатель (wind-driven machine)