Smock mill

Chinese translation: 八角风车

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English term or phrase:Smock mill
Chinese translation:八角风车
Entered by: Shang

17:28 Sep 22, 2004
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Energy / Power Generation
English term or phrase: Smock mill
a windmill
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Shang
China
Local time: 21:00
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Explanation:
An octagonal-shaped wooden mill with sloping, horizontally weatherboarded sides which resembling a countryman's linen smock from which its name derived.

罩衫风车?

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smock mill
FYI


Explanation:
An octagonal-shaped wooden mill with sloping, horizontally weatherboarded sides which resembling a countryman's linen smock from which its name derived.

罩衫风车?




    Reference: http://servercc.oakton.edu/~wittman/mills/types.htm#smock
    Reference: http://www.a1media.co.uk/Atmosphere/Windmill/
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