Usually means: Water wheel with enclosed buckets.
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  1. tub wheel: Merriam-Webster
  2. tub-wheel, tub wheel: Wordnik
  3. tub wheel: Wiktionary
  4. Tub wheel: Dictionary.com
  5. tub wheel: FreeDictionary.org
  6. Tub wheel: TheFreeDictionary.com

Definitions from Wiktionary (tub wheel)

noun:  In water-powered mills, a horizontal water wheel used to power a grinding stone set in a tub; usually in the form of a short cylinder turned by the impact of one or more streams of water striking against vanes attached radially to the wheel.

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