SPOKE

see: speak II. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spāca; akin to Old High German speihha ~, Middle Dutch spike spike Date: before 12th century 1. any of the small radiating bars inserted in the hub of a wheel to support the rim, something resembling the ~ of a wheel, any of the projecting handles of a steering wheel of a boat, III. transitive verb (~d; spoking) Date: before 12th century to furnish with or as if with ~s