cogwheeled en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gēw- Proto-Indo-European *gugāder. Proto-Germanic *kuggōder. Old Norse *koggrbor. Middle English cogge English cog Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English cogwheel Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English cogwheeled From cogwheel + -ed.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Built or fitted with cogwheels.
The railway was cogwheeled and arranged in a series of six inclined planes which, in construction, bespeak considerable mechanical ingenuity...
1905, Frank Bestow Wiborg, A Commercial Traveller in South America:As they approached, something whirred deep in its cogwheeled innards. The minute hand moved with a clonk, and shuddered to a halt on the 9.
2002, Terry Pratchett, Reaper Man: