'Paternoster wheel' definitions:

Definition of 'Paternoster wheel'

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  • Paternoster \Pa"ter*nos`ter\, n. [L., Our Father.]
  • 1. The Lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Arch.) A beadlike ornament in moldings. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Angling) A line with a row of hooks and bead-shaped sinkers. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Mining) An elevator of an inclined endless traveling chain or belt bearing buckets or shelves which ascend on one side loaded, and empty themselves at the top. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • Paternoster pump, Paternoster wheel, a chain pump; a noria.
  • Paternoster while, the space of time required for repeating a paternoster. --Udall. [1913 Webster]