What does "spoke" mean?
Spoke: The radius or ray of a wheel; one of the small bars which are inserted in the hub, or nave, and which serve to support the rim or felly.
Additional senses
- 2.(Naut.) A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
- 3.A rung, or round, of a ladder.
- 4.A contrivance for fastening the wheel of a vehicle, to prevent it from turning in going down a hill. To put a spoke in one's wheel, to thwart or obstruct one in the execution of some design.
- 5.To furnish with spokes, as a wheel.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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