Glossary
Glossary of Windmill Terms
- Bin floor
- Body
- Crowntree
- Crosstree
- Fan tail
- French Burr
- Peaks
- Post Mill
- Roundhouse
- Sails
- Side girts
- Spout floor
- Stocks
- Stone floor
- Stones
- Sweep governor
- Sweeps
- Tail pole
- Tail stones
- Tail wheel
- Trestle
- Trestle floor
- Windshaft
The floor above the stone floor where grain is stored in bins
The upper part which revolves on the post and contains the working machinery
The main timber which rests and pivots on the post and carries the weight of the body
Horizontal members in a timber trestle supporting a post mill
A device for turning the mill automatically into the wind consisting of six or eight shaped vanes or blades
A millstone made in France from a number of blocks or segments of quartz cemented together
Millstones made from a single block of millstone grit quarried in Derbyshire
A mill consisting of a timber building, known as the
body or buck, supported on a vertical post which acts as a pivot so
that the mill can be turned to face the wind
Brick building enclosing the trestle of the mill
The part which is turned by the wind, usually consisting of a timber frame in which moveable shutters are fitted
The heavy horizontal timbers which run from front to
back on each side of the body of the mill resting on the ends of the
crown tree and supporting the corner posts.
The floor to which the meal descends from the millstones on the floor above.
The heavy timbers which pass through the sail canister and to which whips of the sails are fixed
The floor on which the millstones are situated
Millstones used for grinding grain comprising bedstone and runner stone
A device for regulating the shutter openings
The long pole projecting at the rear of the mill by which it can be turned into the wind
Millstones situated at the rear of the body
The rear driving wheel on the windshaft which has a second pair of stones
The sub-structure comprising post, quarter bars and cross trees
The floor level containing the trestle
The shaft on which the sails and brakewheel are mounted
Source: A glossary of windmill and milling terms by Norman Plastow, Wimbledon Windmill Museum
