Pêr'sian-wheel, n.
n. (Mech.) A contrivance for raising water to some height above the level of a stream, by means of a wheel with pendent buckets on its rim; a noria. [See Illust. of Noria.]
n. (Mech.) A contrivance for raising water to some height above the level of a stream, by means of a wheel with pendent buckets on its rim; a noria. [See Illust. of Noria.]