WHEELED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wheeled mean? 

• WHEELED (adjective)
  The adjective WHEELED has 1 sense:

1. having wheels; often used in combination

  Familiarity information: WHEELED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHEELED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having wheels; often used in combination

Antonym:

wheelless (having no wheels or having no wheeled vehicles)

 Context examples 

"Approach the table," said he; and I wheeled it to his couch.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The chargers spun round each other, biting and striking, while the two blades wheeled and whizzed and circled in gleams of dazzling light.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

We wheeled him off into a narrow street, where he took out his pocket-handkerchief, and stood with his back to a wall.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

However, in Spain, more than 40% of children use backpacks on wheeled trolleys, and until now there have been no studies making weight recommendations for this type of backpack.

(Researchers identify the maximum weight that children should carry in their school backpacks, University of Granada)

We were taking the hill at a quiet trot, but even so, we made the carrier, walking in the shadow of his huge, broad-wheeled, canvas-covered waggon, stare at us in amazement.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Passing down the Waterloo Bridge Road we crossed over the river, and dashing up Wellington Street wheeled sharply to the right and found ourselves in Bow Street.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He wheeled round upon his stool, with a steaming test-tube in his hand, and a gleam of amusement in his deep-set eyes.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It was certainly more roomy than the ordinary four-wheeled disgrace to London, and the fittings, though frayed, were of rich quality.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There was a full moonlight, and I could see that the noise was made by a great bat, which wheeled round—doubtless attracted by the light, although so dim—and every now and again struck the window with its wings.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

A very short trial convinced her that a curricle was the prettiest equipage in the world; the chaise and four wheeled off with some grandeur, to be sure, but it was a heavy and troublesome business, and she could not easily forget its having stopped two hours at Petty France.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)