| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Expression | 1. A wheel, or drum, on which a rope is wound for lifting heavy articles, as logs, the tools in well boring, etc.[Websters]. | |
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Common Expressions: BULL WHEEL
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| Bull wheel | A wheel, or drum, on which a rope is wound for lifting heavy articles, as logs, the tools in well boring, etc. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: BULL WHEEL
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Bull wheel | Mining | A. The large winding drum on which the drill cable or bull rope of a churn or cable-tool drill is wound b. Large sheave at the top of the mineshaft headframe over which the cage- or skip-hoist rope passes c. An underground sheave wheel; particularly, the wheel around which the tail rope is passed beyond each terminal of a tail-rope haulage system.d. The pulley that rotates the camshaft of a stamp battery. (references) | |
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