bookwheel

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noun

A millwheel-shaped contraption allowing a reader to toggle between different books, all kept upright on separate shelves as the wheel turns.

OriginEnglish wheel ← Middle English whel ← Old English hwēol →
Scrabble 21
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Meanings

nounbookwheel (plural bookwheels)

plural bookwheels

  1. historicalA millwheel-shaped contraption allowing a reader to toggle between different books, all kept upright on separate shelves as the wheel turns.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
reading wheel

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂ǵosder.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂g-der.?
  3. Proto-Germanic*bōks
  4. Proto-West Germanic*bōk
  5. Old Englishbōc
  6. Middle Englishbok
  7. Englishbook
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  9. Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
  10. Proto-Germanic*hweulō
  11. Old Englishhwēol
  12. Middle Englishwhel
  13. Englishwheel
  14. Englishbookwheel

From book + wheel.

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Cite this entry
APA

bookwheel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookwheel

MLA

“bookwheel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookwheel. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bookwheel,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bookwheel.

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