handwheel

English

Etymology

hand +‎ wheel

Noun

handwheel (plural handwheels)

  1. (mechanics) Any wheel worked by hand, whether used to allow leverage, as of a valve or a handbrake, or to allow fine adjustment, as of a set screw.
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