wheeltapper

English

noun

Definitions

(UK) A railway employee tasked with tapping the train's wheels with a hammer to detect cracks.

Etymology

Compound from English wheel + English tapper.

Origin

English

tapper

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

awheel English
breastwheel English
brushwheel English
bucketwheel English
camwheel English
cartwheel English
click wheel English
coachwheel English
cogwheel English
counterwheel English
countwheel English
firewheel English
flywheel English
footwheel English
forewheel English
freewheel English
guidewheel English
handwheel English
headwheel English
horsewheel English
inwheel English
millwheel English
monowheel English
nosewheel English
pinwheel English
pitwheel English
printwheel English
roadwheel English
scoopwheel English
sidewheel English
sidewheeler English
spinner wheel English
starwheel English
sternwheel English
tailwheel English
tap English
tapper English
thumbwheel English
toe-tapper English
tonewheel English
trackwheel English
treadwheel English
typewheel English
wheel English
wheelable English
wheelback English
wheelband English
wheelbarrow English
wheelbase English
wheelbench English
wheelbird English
wheelchair English
wheelclamping English
wheelcraft English
wheeler English
wheelest English
wheeleth English
wheelful English
wheelhorse English
wheelhouse English
wheelie English
wheelless English
wheellike English
wheellock English
wheelmaker English
wheelmaking English
wheelman English
wheelpit English
wheelrim English
wheelset English
wheelslip English
wheelsman English
wheelsmith English
wheelspin English
wheelstand English
wheelsuck English
wheelsucker English
wheelswarf English
wheelwoman English
wheelwork English
wheelwright English
wheelwrighting English
wheely English
windwheel English
wiretapper English
whele Middle English
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