noun
- the curved wooden rim of a wheel, especially a wagon wheel, into which the spokes are inserted
Usage: archaic; technical
Examples
- The blacksmith carefully shaped each felloe to fit the wagon wheel.
- The old cart wheel had a cracked felloe that needed replacement.
- Six wooden felloes formed the complete rim of the wheel.
- The wheelwright joined the felloes together with iron bands.
- Each spoke was fitted securely into its corresponding felloe.