bull wheel

noun Machinery.

any large driving gear among smaller gears.
Also called bull gear.

Origin of bull wheel

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30

Words nearby bull wheel

bull stretcher, bull terrier, bull thistle, bull tongue, bull trout, bull wheel, bull's nose, bull's wool, bull's-eye, bull's-eye mirror, bull's-eye rot

Example sentences from the Web for bull wheel

  • The big graft in this neck-a woods is political, and the Red Tower gang is only set-a cogs in the bull-wheel.

    The Wreckers |Francis Lynde