felloe
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of felloe
before 900; Middle English felwe, Old English felg ( e ); cognate with German Felge
Example Sentences
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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
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)
He had knocked one felloe off the rim and was hitting at the spokes.
From Laramie Holds the Range by Spearman, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton)
The dwarfs tumbled down from every twig, bough, spoke, and felloe, and vanished in one large pointed flame, that could be seen for a second blazing from the well.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 56, No. 346, August, 1844 by Various
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