flighter

English

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps flight + -er (relational noun suffix).

Noun

flighter (plural flighters)

  1. (brewing) A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, so as to produce a circular current in the liquor.[1]

References

  1. Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Flighter”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. [], volumes I (A–GAS), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton [], →OCLC.

Anagrams

Swedish

Noun

flighter

  1. indefinite plural of flight
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