wheelback

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noun

A chair whose back incorporates the design of a wheel.

OriginEnglish back ← Middle English bak ← Old English bæc →
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Meanings

nounwheelback (plural wheelbacks)

plural wheelbacks

  1. attributiveoftenA chair whose back incorporates the design of a wheel.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
  3. Proto-Germanic*hweulō
  4. Old Englishhwēol
  5. Middle Englishwhel
  6. Englishwheel
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeg-der.?
  8. Proto-Germanic*baką
  9. Proto-West Germanic*bak
  10. Old Englishbæc
  11. Middle Englishbak
  12. Englishback
  13. Englishwheelback

From wheel + back.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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