underspoke

A spoke that is positioned on the underside.

Noun

  1. A spoke that is positioned on the underside.
    • For instance, let him take a 5ft. wheel with 3in. dish, and put the underside of his arm at right angles to a perpendicular underspoke, he will find it simply impossible with any ordinary arm. - 1880, The Illustrated...
    • The fact of the spindle of the Collinge axle being parallel necessarily causes the dropping of the outer ends many degrees below the horizontal to accommodate the dish of the wheel and produce a vertical underspoke. -...
    • The underspoke pointing squarely toward the floor on which the vehicle stands should be plumb when loaded. - 1907, Motor Body, Paint and Trim - Volume 43, page 42:

Origin

From under- + spoke.

Forms

underspokes

Verb

  1. simple past of underspeak

Origin

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.