page_title: Spoke
hierarchical_section_title: Spoke
caption_attribution_description: Ox wagon at Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa
context_page_description: A spoke is one of some number of rods radiating from the center of a wheel, connecting the hub with the round traction surface.
  The term originally referred to portions of a log that had been riven into four or six sections. The radial members of a wagon wheel were made by carving a spoke into their finished shape. A spokeshave is a tool originally developed for this purpose. Eventually, the term spoke was more commonly applied to the finished product of the wheelwright's work, than to the materials he used.
context_section_description: A spoke is one of some number of rods radiating from the center of a wheel (the hub where the axle connects), connecting the hub with the round traction surface.
  The term originally referred to portions of a log that had been riven (split lengthwise) into four or six sections. The radial members of a wagon wheel were made by carving a spoke (from a log) into their finished shape. A spokeshave is a tool originally developed for this purpose. Eventually, the term spoke was more commonly applied to the finished product of the wheelwright's work, than to the materials he used.
caption: An Ox-wagon in Aliwal North, South Africa. Note the three missing spokes and the metal tyre.
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