wheel-tapper

A form of wheeltapper — A railway employee tasked with tapping the train's wheels with a hammer to detect cracks.

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Meanings

nounwheel-tapper (plural wheel-tappers)

plural wheel-tappers

  1. alternativeAlternative form of wheeltapper.

    During the interval my friend, who was seeing me off, observing a wheel-tapper at his work, and having the incredulity which decides that there can be no practical outcome of this mysterious operation, asked me what did happen if the wheel-tapper discovered anything amiss.

    1939 July, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 20
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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