wooden wheel

collocation in English

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wooden
adjective
uk
/ˈwʊd.ən/us
/ˈwʊd.ən/
made ...
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wheel
noun
uk
/wiːl/us
/wiːl/
a circular object connected at the centre to a bar, used for making vehicles or parts of ...
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(Definition ofwoodenandwheelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The originalwoodenwheelwas replaced by a steel wheel in 1908.
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The hurdy-gurdy was (and still is) a mechanical violin using a rosinedwoodenwheelattached to a crank to bow its strings.
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Where there are gears in the lineshafting, each pair consists of one iron and onewoodenwheel.
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This is an interesting example of a compositewoodenwheel, using the same principle as an artillery wheel but with a solid wooden centre instead of spokes.
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The sound is produced by awoodenwheelwhich is rotated by a crank held in the right hand.
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It was a sort of wooden padded throne on roughly square wooden wheels.
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By that argument we should still be paying handsome wages to coach drivers and wheelwrights making wooden wheels.
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It is a platform having four big wooden wheels, interconnected by wooden beams.
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Some pieces also had their wooden wheels replaced by steel ones with rubber tires.
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These weighed some 65 kg more than the original version with spoked wooden wheels.
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They soaked the wooden wheels in barrels in the yard.
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With wooden wheels, the speed of transportation was limited to about 6 km/h.
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Wooden wheels were experimented with, but these did not fare any better.
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They had wooden wheels on to which were shrunk welded metal tyres.
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Early production models were horse-drawn, with wooden wheels.
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The third wheel of 1807 was a replacement for one of the wooden wheels.
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It had either unsprung wooden wheels or metal wheels with solid rubber tires.
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It featured an elegantly curved wooden frame, allowing the use of larger wooden wheels.
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Wooden wheels, designed by the company, could be fitted.
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Initially the company produced wooden wheels for wagons and, later on, steel wheels for streetcars.
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