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My suspicion is that the windmill doodad is some kind of farm implement whose function would have been obvious to sixteenth century people, but which we are no longer familiar.
The agitator paddle from an old barrel stomper churn, maybe? That's about the only such implement I can imagine that might be like a propeller
The agitator paddle from an old barrel stomper churn, maybe? That's about the only such implement I can imagine that might be like a propeller