Hypertext Webster Gateway: "windmill"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Windmill \Wind"mill`\, n.
A mill operated by the power of the wind, usually by the
action of the wind upon oblique vanes or sails which radiate
from a horizontal shaft. --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
windmill
n 1: a mill that is powered by the wind
2: generator that extracts usable energy from winds [syn: {aerogenerator},
{wind generator}]
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