spoke-wheel

Updated: April 3, 2025

There was no mistaking the character of the object in the hands of the shorter individual a barrow beyond the shadow of a doubt trundle and trams, box, body, and spoke-wheel complete! The sight of this homely object, in the midst of the savage prairies, was as ludicrous as unexpected; and we might have hailed it with roars of laughter, had prudence permitted such an indecorous exhibition.

Mayne Reid - The Wild Huntress: Love in the Wilderness