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driving wheel EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun Machinery. a main wheel that communicates motion to others. Also called driver. Railroads. one of the wheels of a locomotive that transmits the power of an engine or motor into tractive effort. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of driving wheel First recorded in 1830–40 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for driving wheel Historical Examples of driving wheel
The ratchet-wheel R is attached to the hub of the driving-wheel.
Archibald Williams
The driving-wheel is assumed to be on the further side of the ratchet.
Archibald Williams
On the level we want the driving-wheel to turn as fast as, or faster than, the chain-ring.
Archibald Williams
Lime appears to be the driving-wheel in the laboratory of the soil.
B. W. Jones
The half-crank, and method of attaching it to the driving-wheel.
Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives
M. Baird, et. al..
British Dictionary definitions for driving wheel driving wheel noun a wheel, esp a gear wheel, that causes other wheels to rotate any wheel of a vehicle that transforms torque into a tractive force Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
