felly Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted
    felloe.

WordNet

Fel"ly
Definitions
  1. , adv. In a fell or cruel manner; fiercely; barbarously; savagely. Spenser.
Fel"ly noun
Etymology
OE. feli, felwe, felow, AS. felg, felge; akin to D. velg, G. felge, OHG. felga felly (also, a harrow, but prob. a different word), Dan. felge.
Wordforms
plural Fellies
Definitions
  1. The exterior wooden rim, or a segment of the rim, of a wheel, supported by the spokes. Written also felloe.
    Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel. Shak.

Webster 1913