wire-wheel
verb1
To clean (something, especially a rusty workpiece) with a wire wheel.
- They usually wire-wheel rusty stock when prepping it for fabrication.
wire wheel
nounalso spelled wire-wheel1
A wheel having a central hub connected to the rim by wire spokes, formerly in common use on automobiles.
- If they hadn't been payin' him all them millions for pitcher plays, he could of got a job in a wire wheel.1916, Ring W. Lardner, “Three Kings and a Pair”, in The Saturday Evening Post:
2
An abrasive tool consisting of a rotary wire brush that is run on an angle grinder, on a bench grinder, in the chuck of a handheld power drill, etc.