rimpull

noun

rimpull

noun

Etymology From rim (“of a wheel”) + pull (noun).

1

The amount of tractive force located where the driving wheels contact the surface on which they travel.

  • With the double-reduction hubs we were double the available wheel power, or rimpull, so we should have been able to double the load.2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 180:

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