walking wheeln.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːkɪŋ ˌwiːl/, U.S.

/ˈwɔkɪŋ ˌ(h)wil/,

/ˈwɑkɪŋ ˌ(h)wil/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: walking n., wheel n.

Etymology: < walking n. + wheel n.

1. An instrument consisting of a wheel with a handle by which it may be rolled along the ground to measure distances on foot; a measuring wheel. Cf. odometer n. (a), perambulator n. 2.Cf. also pedometer n. 2.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring distances > distance travelled

waywiser1651

perambulator1688

wheel1696

walking wheel1701

odometer1702

pedometer1723

pedometer1728

podometer1728

reel measure1803

viameter1845

roadometer1848

trocheameter1857

trechometer1858

cyclometer1880

pedimeter1890

passometer1902

sledge-meter1902

speedometer1929

mileometer1953

1701 T. Tuttell Descr. Math. Instruments in J. Moxon Math. made Easie (ed. 3) 14 Perambulator, (or Walking Wheel) made of Wood or Iron.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Perambulator A Walking-wheel, a rolling Wheel made of Wood or Iron, with a Movement, a Face divided like a Clock and Indexes, to shew how many Yards, Poles, Furlongs and Miles one goes in driving it before him.

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Walking-wheel, a pedometer.

2001 Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois) (Nexis) 2 Nov. 1 Armed with a 100-foot extension cord and a walking wheel, Oehler and his sons..measured the circle.

2. A large vertical wheel which is turned by people or animals walking on the inner or outer rim, used as a source of mechanical power; a treadwheel. Cf. treadmill n. Now historical.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > other wheels

well wheel1535

rundle1611

rown-wheel1688

walking wheel1730

side wheel1731

tirl1793

rigger1797

idle wheel1805

vane1842

Gypsy1850

air wheel1860

wind-wheel1867

sprocket1879

friction-wheel1888

Geneva wheel1891

idler1899

1730 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 204 The 7th Figure represents the Crane with the walking Wheel, the whole turning round upon the strong Post or Puncheon S.

1744 J. T. Desaguliers Course Exper. Philos. II. 417 Then the Wheel being also a walking Wheel, the same Men get into it, in which case they have Power sufficient to raise the small Goods 5 or 6 times faster than the heaviest.

1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xviii. 209 In a walking wheel used for raising water..the work was performed by the same individual ass for the whole of forty five years preceding 1771.

1833 Caledonian Mercury 19 Oct. 4/3 The invention I recommend is a walking wheel, which may be constructed on any scale, and worked by the drivers in turn, with less toil than they encounter in following the horses.

1954 D. Hudson & K. W. Luckhurst Royal Soc. Arts vi. 107 One prevalent cause of frightful injuries was the running back of walking-wheels attached to cranes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	walking wheel
释义	walking wheeln. Brit. /ˈwɔːkɪŋ ˌwiːl/, U.S. /ˈwɔkɪŋ ˌ(h)wil/, /ˈwɑkɪŋ ˌ(h)wil/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: walking n., wheel n. Etymology: < walking n. + wheel n. 1. An instrument consisting of a wheel with a handle by which it may be rolled along the ground to measure distances on foot; a measuring wheel. Cf. odometer n. (a), perambulator n. 2.Cf. also pedometer n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > measuring instrument > [noun] > for measuring distances > distance travelled waywiser1651 perambulator1688 wheel1696 walking wheel1701 odometer1702 pedometer1723 pedometer1728 podometer1728 reel measure1803 viameter1845 roadometer1848 trocheameter1857 trechometer1858 cyclometer1880 pedimeter1890 passometer1902 sledge-meter1902 speedometer1929 mileometer1953 1701 T. Tuttell Descr. Math. Instruments in J. Moxon Math. made Easie (ed. 3) 14 Perambulator, (or Walking Wheel) made of Wood or Iron. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Perambulator A Walking-wheel, a rolling Wheel made of Wood or Iron, with a Movement, a Face divided like a Clock and Indexes, to shew how many Yards, Poles, Furlongs and Miles one goes in driving it before him. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Walking-wheel, a pedometer. 2001 Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois) (Nexis) 2 Nov. 1 Armed with a 100-foot extension cord and a walking wheel, Oehler and his sons..measured the circle. 2. A large vertical wheel which is turned by people or animals walking on the inner or outer rim, used as a source of mechanical power; a treadwheel. Cf. treadmill n. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > wheel > [noun] > other wheels well wheel1535 rundle1611 rown-wheel1688 walking wheel1730 side wheel1731 tirl1793 rigger1797 idle wheel1805 vane1842 Gypsy1850 air wheel1860 wind-wheel1867 sprocket1879 friction-wheel1888 Geneva wheel1891 idler1899 1730 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 204 The 7th Figure represents the Crane with the walking Wheel, the whole turning round upon the strong Post or Puncheon S. 1744 J. T. Desaguliers Course Exper. Philos. II. 417 Then the Wheel being also a walking Wheel, the same Men get into it, in which case they have Power sufficient to raise the small Goods 5 or 6 times faster than the heaviest. 1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xviii. 209 In a walking wheel used for raising water..the work was performed by the same individual ass for the whole of forty five years preceding 1771. 1833 Caledonian Mercury 19 Oct. 4/3 The invention I recommend is a walking wheel, which may be constructed on any scale, and worked by the drivers in turn, with less toil than they encounter in following the horses. 1954 D. Hudson & K. W. Luckhurst Royal Soc. Arts vi. 107 One prevalent cause of frightful injuries was the running back of walking-wheels attached to cranes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1701
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