rockwheel

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noun

A toothed wheel used to excavate trenches.

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

nounrockwheel (plural rockwheels)

plural rockwheels

  1. A toothed wheel used to excavate trenches.

Origin

  1. Medieval Latinroccabor.?
  2. Old English*rocc
  3. Early Medieval Latinrocca
  4. Anglo-Normanroque
  5. Middle Englishrokke
  6. Englishrock
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
  9. Proto-Germanic*hweulō
  10. Old Englishhwēol
  11. Middle Englishwhel
  12. Englishwheel
  13. Englishrockwheel

From rock + wheel.

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APA

rockwheel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rockwheel

MLA

“rockwheel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rockwheel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rockwheel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rockwheel.

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