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noun
- the circular rim, or a part of the rim of a wheel, into which the outer ends of the spokes are inserted.
noun plural -loes or -lies
- a segment or the whole rim of a wooden wheel to which the spokes are attached and onto which a metal tyre is usually shrunk
“rim of a spoked wheel,” early 15c., from felie (c.1200), from Old English felga, plural of felg “rim of a wheel,” from Proto-Germanic *felz- (cf. Old Saxon felga, Middle Dutch velge, Dutch velg, Old High German felga, German Felge).