felloe

American  

[fel-oh] / ˈfɛl oʊ /

noun

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

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felloe British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of felloe

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

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 "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

McCann never noticed it, but poured the whip into the mules, and when he pulled out on the opposite bank left the felloe of his wheel in the creek behind.

From The Log of a Cowboy A Narrative of the Old Trail Days by Adams, Andy

Then we lashed the tire and felloe to the front end of the wagon, and with the loss of but a couple of hours our commissary was again on the move.

From The Log of a Cowboy A Narrative of the Old Trail Days by Adams, Andy

When we reached the scene, McCann had recovered the felloe, but every spoke in the hub was hopelessly ruined.

From The Log of a Cowboy A Narrative of the Old Trail Days by Adams, Andy

The only English appellatives that are established in oe, are the following fourteen: seven monosyllables, doe, foe, roe, shoe, sloe, soe, toe; and seven longer words, rockdoe, aloe, felloe, canoe, misletoe, tiptoe, diploe.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold