English Explanatory Dictionary

wheelband

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The tyre of a wheel.

Word forms

wheelband wheelbands

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *bandiz Old English bend Middle English band English band English wheelband From wheel + band.

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