felloe

English

Etymology

From Middle English felwe, from Old English felg (“harrow, felloe”). Doublet of felly, which see for more information.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛloʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛləʊ/
• Homophone: fellow
• Rhymes: -ɛləʊ

Noun

felloe (plural felloes)

2. The rim of a wooden wheel, supported by the spokes.
4. Any of the several curved segments that constitute the rim.
   • 1971, George Ewart Evans, quoting wheelwright Percy Wilson (born 1884), Tools of Their Trades: An Oral History of Men at Work c. 1900‎^[1], Taplinger Publishing Company, →ISBN, pages 32–33:

     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.

Synonyms

• felly

Coordinate terms

• (part of a wheel): hub (nave), spoke, strake, tyre

Translations

The outer rim of a wheel

• Bulgarian: капла f (kapla)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輞／辋 (zh) (wǎng)

• Finnish: vanne (fi)
• Galician: camba (gl) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἴτυς f (ítus)

• Irish: feadhán m
• Latin: vītus m
• Ottoman Turkish: اپسد (ipsid)
• Polish: dzwono (pl) n
• Romanian: obadă (ro) f
• Sanskrit: नेमि (sa) f (nemi)
• Swedish: fälg (sv) c
• Tocharian B: yerter
• Turkish: ispit (tr)