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roadwheel

roadwheel noun: a wheel that supports the weight of a vehicle, especially one with caterpillar tracks.

roadwheel: a wheel that supports the weight of a vehicle, especially one with caterpillar tracks
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Noun

roadwheel (plural roadwheels)

  1. A wheel that supports the weight of a vehicle, especially one with caterpillar tracks.
    • Right below me, passing us by, was a set of wheels that looked exactly like the roadwheels off a tank.year unknown, Robert E. Peavey, Praying for Slack: A Marine Corps Tank Commander in Viet Nam →ISBN, page 226
    • Check roadwheels and idler wheels for excessive heat, worn mounting holes, and separation of rubber from metal.1989, Operator's Manual for Combat Vehicle, Anti-tank, Improved Tow Vehicle, M901, NSN 2350-01-045-1123, page 119

Examples of roadwheel in a sentence

  • The reason for this distinction is that a typical car has three steering wheels - two are roadwheels and the other is a handwheel.2004, Michael Blundell, Damian Harty, The Multibody Systems Approach to Vehicle Dynamics, page 493:
  • Consequently, track segments between roadwheels cannot support much load and vehicle weight is primarily supported by the track segments (links) immediately under the roadwheels.2008, J. Y. Wong, Theory of Ground Vehicles, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 167:

Forms of roadwheel

pluralroadwheels

Origin of roadwheel

From road + wheel.

Questions about roadwheel

What does roadwheel mean?
Roadwheel means a wheel that supports the weight of a vehicle, especially one with caterpillar tracks.
How do you use roadwheel in a sentence?
The reason for this distinction is that a typical car has three steering wheels - two are roadwheels and the other is a handwheel.
What part of speech is roadwheel?
Roadwheel is a noun.
What is the plural of roadwheel?
The plural of roadwheel is roadwheels.

Words near roadwheel in the dictionary

  1. Roadwater
  2. roadway
  3. roadways
  4. roadweed
  5. roadweeds
  6. roadwheel
  7. roadwheels
  8. roadwhore
  9. roadwise
  10. roadwork
  11. roadworker

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