Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A metal wheel at the free end of the trolley-pole of an electric railway-car, by means of which contact with the overhead feed-wires is maintained.
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Examples
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The front trolley-wheel, loose from long wear, had jumped the cable, and the cable was now jammed tightly between the wheel and the sheave-block.
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The front trolley-wheel, loose from long wear, had jumped the cable, and the cable was now jammed tightly between the wheel and the sheave-block.
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The front trolley-wheel, loose from long wear, had jumped the cable, and the cable was now jammed tightly between the wheel and the sheave-block.
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He removed the detaining ropes, and the trolley-wheel began slowly to revolve.
Stories of Ships and the Sea Little Blue Book # 1169 Jack London 1896
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The front trolley-wheel, loose from long wear, had jumped the cable, and the cable was now jammed tightly between the wheel and the sheave-block.
Stories of Ships and the Sea Little Blue Book # 1169 Jack London 1896
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The front trolley-wheel, loose from long wear, had jumped the cable, and the cable was now jammed tightly between the wheel and the sheave-block.
Dutch Courage and Other Stories Jack London 1896
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At the entrance, I would have someone on full-time trolley-wheel quality control.
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