wire wheel

American  

[wahyuhr hweel, weel, wahyuhr hweel, weel] / ˈwaɪər ˌʰwil, ˌwil, ˈwaɪər ˈʰwil, ˈwil /

noun

1. a wheellike brush having stiff wire bristles and used especially for finishing or cleaning metal.

2. a wheel, as on a sports car, having wire spokes.

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wire wheel British  

noun

1. a wheel in which the rim is held to the hub by wire spokes, esp one used on a sports car Compare disc wheel

2. a power-driven rotary wire brush for scaling or burnishing

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Etymology

Origin of wire wheel

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

As he was on his knees cleaning the spokes of a wire wheel, he noticed something shiny buried in the wet gravel.

From Washington Post • Jan. 21, 2020

“Even after all these years I have no idea what you’re talking about half the time,” Saul tells him, after a long parable about a squirrel on a wire wheel with broken feet.

From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2017

Every hair in it radiates like the spokes of a wire wheel.

From Time Magazine Archive

"They twirl around on a wire wheel and one of 'em stands up on his hind legs."

From Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue Giving a Show by Rogers, Walter S.

If they hadn't been payin' him all them millions for pitcher plays, he could of got a job in a wire wheel.

From Gullible's Travels, Etc. by Lardner, Ring