felloe

American  

[fel-oh] / ˈfɛl oʊ /

noun

1. the circular rim, or a part of the rim of a wheel, into which the outer ends of the spokes are inserted.

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felloe British  

/ ˈfɛləʊ, ˈfɛlɪ /

noun

1. a segment or the whole rim of a wooden wheel to which the spokes are attached and onto which a metal tyre is usually shrunk

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Etymology

Origin of felloe

before 900; Middle English felwe, Old English felg ( e ); cognate with German Felge

Example Sentences

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felloe

Slender iron rods just two and a half inches thick and eighty feet long linked the rim, or felloe, of each wheel to a “spider” affixed to the axle.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

It was a smoking furnace down there, and soon the felloe and spokes would be injured by the flames and heat.

From Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp or, the Old Lumberman's Secret by Annie Roe Carr

He had knocked one felloe off the rim and was hitting at the spokes.

From Laramie Holds the Range by Frank H. (Frank Hamilton) Spearman

On the earth, or felloe side of the triangle, there was no fire; but the other sides were burning fiercely.

From Captured by the Navajos by Charles A. (Charles Albert) Curtis

Then the wheelwright lays his axe to its roots that he may fashion a felloe for the wheel of some goodly chariot, and it lies seasoning by the waterside.

From The Iliad by Homer