English Explanatory Dictionary

printwheel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In early printers, a disk bearing impressions of characters around its rim; these are struck against the page to produce text.

Word forms

printwheel printwheels print wheel print-wheel

Etymology

Etymology tree English print Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English printwheel From print + wheel.

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