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wheelband

wheelband noun: the tyre of a wheel.

Noun

wheelband (plural wheelbands)

  1. (obsolete) The tyre of a wheel.
    • Yor high-flown cheps oft fyel and brick,
      But we hev a'ways yet been yable
      Te keep the wheelband i' the nick
      Though oft wi' but a bareish tyeble.1773, Thomas Wilson, The Pitman's Pay (poem)

Forms of wheelband

pluralwheelbands

Origin of wheelband

From wheel + band.

Questions about wheelband

What does wheelband mean?
Wheelband means the tyre of a wheel.
What part of speech is wheelband?
Wheelband is a noun.
What is the plural of wheelband?
The plural of wheelband is wheelbands.

Words near wheelband in the dictionary

  1. Wheelans
  2. wheelarch
  3. wheelarches
  4. wheelback
  5. wheelbacks
  6. wheelband
  7. wheelbands
  8. wheelbarrel
  9. wheelbarrow
  10. wheelbarrow race
  11. wheelbarrow races

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