wheelbox

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noun

A box beneath a ship's wheel containing the steering gear.

OriginEnglish box ← Middle English box ← Old English box →
Scrabble 23
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Meanings

nounwheelbox (plural wheelboxes)

plural wheelboxes

  1. nauticalA box beneath a ship's wheel containing the steering gear.

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. Ancient Greekπῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos)
  8. Ancient Greekπυξίς (puxís)
  9. Late Latinbuxis
  10. Proto-West Germanic*buhsā
  11. Old Englishbox
  12. Middle Englishbox
  13. Englishbox
  14. Englishwheelbox

From wheel + box.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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