Definition of Felloe

1. Noun. Rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted.

Exact synonyms: Felly
Generic synonyms: Rim
Group relationships: Wheel

Definition of Felloe

1. n. See Felly.

Definition of Felloe

1. Noun. the outer rim of a wheel, supported by the spokes ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Felloe

1. the rim of a wheel [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Felloe

fellers
fellest
fellies
fellifluous
felling
fellinic
fellmonger
fellmongered
fellmongeries
fellmongering
fellmongerings
fellmongers
fellmongery
fellness
fellnesses
felloe (current term)
felloes
fellow
fellow-
fellow-commoner
fellow-commoners
fellow-feeling
fellow-me-lad
fellow-me-lads
fellow-traveller
fellow-travellers
fellow feeling
fellow man
fellow me lad
fellow me lads

Literary usage of Felloe

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Law Reports of Patent Cases: 1602-1842 by Great Britain Courts (1851)
"But what is the felloe? The felloe is not the whole of the rim, ... In this drawing he gives a view of the spoke and the felloe, the felloe being only a ..."

2. A Dictionary of Automobile Terms by Albert L. Clough (1913)
"spokes and felloe—put of steel or iron. It is used upon very heavy ... Wheel, Disc—A form of metal wheel, without spokes, the hub and felloe being connected ..."

3. Modern cycles: a practical handbook on their construction and repair by Alexander James Wallis-Tayler (1897)
"Rim or felloe Drilling Machine (Plan). For drilling the spoke-holes in the ... The said rim or felloe is held in place by a chuck, which has a number of ..."

4. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1916)
"If the trouble is simply due to the rim haying shifted on the felloe, it may be rectified as indicated at tho left in the illustra tion. Fig. ..."

5. Automobile Engineering: A General Reference Work by American Technical Society (1920)
"To the felloe are attached by means of bolts V-shaped arms, which hold one end of a series of spiral springs, the other end of each ..."

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