mainwheel

See also: main wheel

English

Noun

mainwheel (plural mainwheels)

1. (uncommon, especially but not exclusively attributive) Alternative spelling of main wheel
   • 2010, Ronald Davis, Teaching Disability Sport: A Guide for Physical Educators, →ISBN, page 55:

     Once next to the ball and having aligned the mainwheel with the ball, the student should lean over and pin the ball against the mainwheel with the hand. As the wheelchair continues to move forward, the mainwheel will roll the pinned ball up.

   • 2012, John Weal, Junkers Ju 87 Stukageschwader of the Russian Front, →ISBN, page 93:

     Note the abundant use of the red 2. Staffel trim for the background to I. Gruppe's 'Scottie dog' badge, as well as for the spinner tip and the dive-bomber's individual letter on the aft fuselage and (just visible) the front of the mainwheel spat.

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