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

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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

A thin wagon-bow, or barrel-hoops, may then be wrapped around the outside of the felloe, and secured with small nails or tacks.

From The Prairie Traveler A Hand-book for Overland Expeditions by Randolph Barnes Marcy

Our detachable rims referred to will be of ⅛ iron 1¾ wide and drawn together at one point by two screws, one on either side of felloe.

From The 1893 Duryea Automobile In the Museum of History and Technology by Donald H. Berkebile

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

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 Andy Adams

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