Smock mill

Smock mill with fantail (Sønderho, Fanø, Denmark)
Smock mill in Amsterdam
Cobstone Windmill, Ibstone, Buckinghamshire

The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded, thatched, or shingled tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind. This type of windmill got its name from its resemblance to smocks worn by farmers in an earlier period.[1]

  1. ^ Wailes, Rex (1954). The English Windmill. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 50, 54.

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