hubcap

American  

[huhb-kap] / ˈhʌbˌkæp /

noun

1. a removable cover for the center area of the exposed side of an automobile wheel, covering the axle.

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hubcap British  

/ ˈhʌbˌkæp /

noun

1. a metal cap fitting onto the hub of a wheel, esp a stainless steel or chromium-plated one

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Etymology

Origin of hubcap

First recorded in 1900–05; hub + cap ¹

Example Sentences

Its custom-made fittings include mink seats, a gold disc on top of the grille and hubcaps carrying his initials.

From BBC

Bird Jam has a Cadillac hubcap and nitrogen tank as its body, with wings attached to a miniature banjo.

From Los Angeles Times

Inside her studio, some of her favorite pieces from more than 100 solo exhibitions around the world are flanked by towering pillars of tires, stacks of steering wheels and disused hubcaps.

From Los Angeles Times

The freeway was a dangerous, kinetic collage of spinning wheels and whirling, sparking hubcaps and rectangular hunks of metal flying forward, any piece of which, at any instant, could crash into me.

From Los Angeles Times

He had them painted in crayon-brights straight out of the “Barbie” movie — purple, yellow, pink, red — with his Napoleon caricature on the hubcaps.

From Los Angeles Times