plural of balance wheel

The timekeeping device normally used in mechanical watches and small clocks, consisting of a wheel which oscillates due to a coiled spring.

Alternative form of kick the tires

Having a paddle wheel on each side; said of steam vessels.

An extra wheel held in reserve in a motor vehicle, to be used in an emergency.

plural of ratchet wheel

(circus arts) An apparatus made up of two large, usually steel rings joined together by a set of parallel steel bars. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see German, wheel.

(transitive) To fasten (a criminal etc.) to a wheel and break his limbs or beat him to death.

plural of bull wheel

A type of large windlass used in drilling.