artillery wheel

noun

A kind of heavily built spoked wheel, often dished and often with a long axle box, used on gun carriages; the spokes are often fitted together in a keystone fashion in miter joints.

“Near-synonyms: wagon wheel, cartwheel”

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wagon wheelcartwheel
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Meanings

nounartillery wheel (plural artillery wheels)

plural artillery wheels

  1. historicalgovernmentA kind of heavily built spoked wheel, often dished and often with a long axle box, used on gun carriages; the spokes are often fitted together in a keystone fashion in miter joints.

    Near-synonyms: wagon wheel, cartwheel

    Synonyms: wagon wheel, cartwheel

  2. historicalA wheel of similar construction formerly used on large wagons, automobiles, etc.

    Near-synonyms: wagon wheel, cartwheel

    Synonyms: wagon wheel, cartwheel

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA kind of heavily built spoked wheel, often dished and often with a long axle box, used on gun carriages; the spokes are often fitted together in a keystone fashion in miter joints.

Similar
wagon wheelcartwheel

nounA wheel of similar construction formerly used on large wagons, automobiles, etc.

Similar
wagon wheelcartwheel
Also see
cartwheelwagon wheel
Cite this entry
APA

artillery wheel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artillery%20wheel

MLA

“artillery wheel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artillery%20wheel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “artillery wheel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/artillery%20wheel.

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