wheel back

noun

1. a chair back having the form of a circle or oval with spindles or bars meeting at the center.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wheel back¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

The story of this cycle was supposed to be that Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and National Republican Senate Committee Chair Steve Daines of Montana, having seized the wheel back from Trump, were going to use the party’s resources to guide the nomination of more conventional Republican candidates—business owners and military veterans and so forth who had established ties to local political networks and proven histories of acting presentable.

From Slate

The two of them managed to bend the wheel back into shape.

From Literature

“I pointed out in the data that I tweeted that once he got into the wall, there was nothing wrong with his car. He’s turned the wheel back straight, like he was going down the straightaway, and you can tell by data whether you’ve got toe link damage or not,” Hamlin continued.

From Washington Times

“I pointed out in the data that I tweeted that once he got into the wall, there was nothing wrong with his car. He’s turned the wheel back straight, like he was going down the straightaway, and you can tell by data whether you’ve got toe link damage or not,” Hamlin continued.

From Washington Times

“I pointed out in the data that I tweeted that once he got into the wall, there was nothing wrong with his car. He’s turned the wheel back straight, like he was going down the straightaway, and you can tell by data whether you’ve got toe link damage or not,” Hamlin continued.

From Seattle Times