wire wheel

English

Noun

wire wheel (plural wire wheels)

  2. A wheel having a central hub connected to the rim by wire spokes, formerly in common use on automobiles.
    • 1916, Ring W. Lardner, “Three Kings and a Pair”, in The Saturday Evening Post‎[1]:
      If they hadn't been payin' him all them millions for pitcher plays, he could of got a job in a wire wheel.
  4. An abrasive tool consisting of a rotary wire brush that is run on an angle grinder, on a bench grinder, in the chuck of a handheld power drill, etc.

Alternative forms

Verb

wire wheel (third-person singular simple present wire wheels, present participle wire wheeling, simple past and past participle wire wheeled)

  2. (transitive) Alternative spelling of wire-wheel (verb).
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