Meaning

2 senses

  1. The rim of a wooden wheel, supported by the spokes.

    rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted

  2. Any of the several curved segments that constitute the rim.

Origin

From Middle English fely, felow, felowe, felwe, felȝe, from Old English felg, from Proto-G

From Middle English fely, felow, felowe, felwe, felȝe, from Old English felg, from Proto-Germanic *felgō (compare Saterland Frisian feelge, Dutch velg, German Felge), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥ǵʰ- (compare Polish płoza (“sliding iron”), Old Church Slavonic пльзати (plĭzati, “to creep, crawl”)).

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Forms

plural: fellies

Synonyms

1 synonyms
felloe
Close in meaning
  • rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted:felloe

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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