What does "paternoster" mean?
Paternoster: (Arch.) A beadlike ornament in moldings.
Additional senses
- 2.(Angling) A line with a row of hooks and bead Paternoster pump, Paternoster wheel, a chain pump; a noria. -- Paternoster while, the space of time required for repeating a paternoster. Udall.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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