spokelessadj.
Destitute of spokes; made without spokes.
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c1449 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 222 The Carte nathe [i.e. the Duke of Buckingham] is spokeles, For the counseille that he gaffe.
1842 Peter Parley's Ann. 236 Its wheel tireless and nearly spokeless.
1891 Bicycling News 4 Apr. 198 The latest departure in the field of cycling inventions is a spokeless wheel.
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