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

For that, his crew turns to an angle grinder fitted with a wire wheel, which the team uses as gently as possible.

From Washington Post

“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

He is not to be seen just now; perhaps he is asleep for a while in his dark, little bedroom; but every one who catches sight of that wire wheel knows that it is a Squirrel who lives here.

From Project Gutenberg

See! there comes the little squirrel out from his bedroom and begins to run round and round in his wire wheel.

From Project Gutenberg