wire wheel
[ wahyuh r hweel, weel for 1; wahyuh r hweel, weel for 2 ]
/ ˈwaɪər ˌʰwil, ˌwil for 1; ˈwaɪər ˈʰwil, ˈwil for 2 /
noun
a wheellike brush having stiff wire bristles and used especially for finishing or cleaning metal.
a wheel, as on a sports car, having wire spokes.
Origin of wire wheel
First recorded in 1905–10
Words nearby wire wheel
wire rope,
wire service,
wire side,
wire transfer,
wire vine,
wire wheel,
wire wool,
wire-brush,
wire-gauge,
wire-guided,
wire-haired
Example sentences from the Web for wire wheel
Mousie was put into it; and he soon began to make the wire-wheel go round.
The Nursery, March 1873, Vol. XIII. |Various
British Dictionary definitions for wire wheel
wire wheel
noun
a wheel in which the rim is held to the hub by wire spokes, esp one used on a sports car
Compare disc wheel
a power-driven rotary wire brush for scaling or burnishing