GDict

wheeler

'hwi:lә3 senses · 206 ms
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noun
  1. 1

    A wheelwright, a wheelmaker.obsolete

  2. 2

    Someone who operates a wheel.

  3. 3

    A wheelhorse (horse near wheel of carriage).archaic

    • How proud felt Pierre: In fancy’s eye, he saw the horse-ghosts a-tandem in the van; “These are but wheelers”—cried young Pierre—“the leaders are the generations.”
  4. 4

    A vehicle having the specified number or type of wheels.in-compounds

    • "Excellent," said Sherlock Holmes. "Send the boy for a four-wheeler, and we shall be off at once."
  5. 5

    A sett in a stoneway.UKhistorical

    • These wheelers are now made from the same class of rock as the rest of the pavement, […]

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