Category:Spoke

Spoke,

Defn: imp. of speak.

Spoke Spoke, n. Etym: [oe. spoke, spake, as, spaca; akin to d. speek, lg. Speke, ohg. speihha, g. speiche. sq. root170. Cf. Spike a nail.]

1. The radius or ray of a wheel; one of the small bars which are Inserted in the hub, or nave, and which serve to support the rim or Felly.

2. (naut.)

Defn: a projecting handle of a steering wheel.

3. A rung, or round, of a ladder.

4. A contrivance for fastening the wheel of a vehicle, to prevent it From turning in going down a hill. To put a spoke in one's wheel, to Thwart or obstruct one in the execution of some design.

Spoke Spoke, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spoked; p. pr. & vb. n. Spoking.]

Defn: to furnish with spokes, as a wheel.