wheelband

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noun

The tyre of a wheel.

OriginEnglish band ← Middle English band ← Old English bend →
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Meanings

nounwheelband (plural wheelbands)

plural wheelbands

  1. obsoleteThe tyre of a wheel.

    Yor high-flown cheps oft fyel and brick, But we hev a'ways yet been yable Te keep the wheelband i' the nick Though oft wi' but a bareish tyeble.

    1773, Thomas Wilson, The Pitman's Pay (poem)

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*bʰendʰ-
  8. Proto-Germanic*bandiz
  9. Old Englishbend
  10. Middle Englishband
  11. Englishband
  12. Englishwheelband

From wheel + band.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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