English Explanatory Dictionary

rockwheel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A toothed wheel used to excavate trenches.

Word forms

rockwheel rockwheels

Etymology

Etymology tree Medieval Latin roccabor.? Old English *rocc Early Medieval Latin rocca Anglo-Norman roquebor. Middle English rokke English rock Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English rockwheel From rock + wheel.

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