wire wheel
Americannoun
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a wheellike brush having stiff wire bristles and used especially for finishing or cleaning metal.
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a wheel, as on a sports car, having wire spokes.
noun
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a wheel in which the rim is held to the hub by wire spokes, esp one used on a sports car Compare disc wheel
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a power-driven rotary wire brush for scaling or burnishing
Etymology
Origin of wire wheel
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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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
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
Both on 'em ran into the wire wheel an' that bore down the stern o' the ship so the under wires touched the water.
From Eben Holden, a tale of the north country by Bacheller, Irving
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