driving wheel

noun

Machinery.��a main wheel that communicates motion to others.
Also called driver.��Railroads.��one of the wheels of a locomotive that transmits the power of an engine or motor into tractive effort.

driving wheel

noun

a wheel, esp a gear wheel, that causes other wheels to rotate
any wheel of a vehicle that transforms torque into a tractive force

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Word History and Origins

Origin of driving wheel¹

First recorded in 1830–40

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The locomotive — known as a Heavy Pacific type, with three driving wheels on each side — was built in 1926 in Richmond, by the American Locomotive Co.

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The driver is still belted up and with a hand on the driving wheel.

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Sixty-eight-inch driving wheels powered by four cylinders larger than oil drums.

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The driving wheel setup has been in the works for about the last two years.

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Therefore, some kind of transmission must be devised to send power either to a propeller or to the driving wheels.

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driving time drizzle

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