rimpull

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noun

The amount of tractive force located where the driving wheels contact the surface on which they travel.

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Meanings

nounrimpull (plural rimpulls)

plural rimpulls

  1. The amount of tractive force located where the driving wheels contact the surface on which they travel.

    With the double-reduction hubs we were double the available wheel power, or rimpull, so we should have been able to double the load.

    2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 180

Origin

From rim (“of a wheel”) + pull (noun).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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