wheeler

From Middle English whelere, equivalent to wheel +‎ -er.

• Rhymes: -iːlə(ɹ)

wheeler (plural wheelers)

1. (obsolete) A wheelwright, a wheelmaker.
2. Someone who operates a wheel.
3. (archaic) A wheelhorse (horse near wheel of carriage).
4. (used in combination with a preceding number) A vehicle having the specified number of wheels.
   • 1893, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Greek Interpreter:

     "Excellent," said Sherlock Holmes. "Send the boy for a four-wheeler, and we shall be off at once."

5. (UK, historical, Liverpudlian) A sett in a stoneway.
   • 1894, Transactions of the Liverpool Engineering Society, page 109:

     These wheelers are now made from the same class of rock as the rest of the pavement, […]