felloe

[ fel-oh ]

noun

1. the circular rim, or a part of the rim of a wheel, into which the outer ends of the spokes are inserted.

felloe

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of felloe¹

before 900; Middle English felwe, Old English felg ( e ); cognate with German Felge

Word History and Origins

Origin of felloe¹

Old English felge ; related to Old High German felga , Middle Dutch velge , of unknown origin

Example Sentences

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 Literature

The flanges bore against wooden felloes, made in two thicknesses, and put together so as to break joints.

From Project Gutenberg

They have also a small and ingenious saw of their own invention, for cutting felloes, and for sawing crooked lines, which for rapidity and precision cannot be anywhere surpassed.

From Project Gutenberg

Among the other essays and orations in Pages from an old Volume of Life, we find the Physiology of Walking, which contains many interesting facts concerning the human wheel, with its spokes and felloes.

From Project Gutenberg

The wheels are heavy, the hind ones twice the height of the forward ones, the tires of which are attached to the felloes in several distinct pieces.

From Project Gutenberg