'Flutter wheel' definitions:

Definition of 'Flutter wheel'

From: GCIDE
  • Flutter \Flut"ter\, n.
  • 1. The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration; as, the flutter of a fan. [1913 Webster]
  • The chirp and flutter of some single bird --Milnes. . [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind; confusion; disorder. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • Flutter wheel, a water wheel placed below a fall or in a chute where rapidly moving water strikes the tips of the floats; -- so called from the spattering, and the fluttering noise it makes. [1913 Webster]