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

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

McCann never noticed it, but poured the whip into the mules, and when he pulled out on the opposite bank left the felloe of his wheel in the creek behind.

From The Log of a Cowboy A Narrative of the Old Trail Days by Adams, Andy

Great guns were gleaming there, living things seeming there, Cloaked in their tar-cloths, upmouthed to the night; Wheels wet and yellow from axle to felloe, Throats blank of sound, but prophetic to sight.

From Poems of the Past and the Present by Hardy, Thomas

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 Curtis, Charles A. (Charles Albert)

When it was a little more than half closed the hole in the roof had become triangular, resembling the space between two spokes and a felloe of a wheel.

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