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felloes

felloes is the plural of felloe.

Meaning of felloe

Noun

felloe (plural felloes)

  1. The rim of a wooden wheel, supported by the spokes.
  2. Any of the several curved segments that constitute the rim.
    • Then came putting on the felloes and what we called riving [/ˈɹɪvɪŋ/] the wheel: this was hammering on the felloes. This was nothing to do with putting an iron tyre on the wheel: we sent it to the blacksmith for that but only after we'd put on the felloes to our satisfaction.1971, George Ewart Evans, quoting wheelwright Percy Wilson (born 1884), Tools of Their Trades: An Oral History of Men at Work c. 1900, Taplinger Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 32–33

Questions about felloes

What is felloes the plural of?
Felloes is the plural of felloe.

Words near felloes in the dictionary

  1. fellmongery
  2. Fellner
  3. Fellners
  4. fellness
  5. felloe
  6. felloes
  7. fellow
  8. fellow citizen
  9. fellow feeling
  10. fellow feelings
  11. fellow man

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