English

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Etymology

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From rim (of a wheel) +‎ pull (noun).

Noun

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rimpull (plural rimpulls)

  1. The amount of tractive force located where the driving wheels contact the surface on which they travel.
    • 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 180:
      With the double-reduction hubs we were double the available wheel power, or rimpull, so we should have been able to double the load.