n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] A kind of stout woolen cloth with unfinished face and without raised nap. A commoner variety has a cotton warp. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Mech.) A form of impulse turbine or water wheel, consisting of a row of double cup-shaped buckets arranged round the rim of a wheel and actuated by one or more jets of water playing into the cups at high velocity. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]