spade-wheeln. the wheel in a digging machine which carries the spades.
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spade-wheel1874
1874 E. H. KnightAmer. Mech. Dict. I. 703/1 In the rotary machine (Fig. 1655) the ground-wheel b drives the spade-wheel L1 through the intervention of gearing.