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over-ˈwheel, v.
[over- 6, 26.]
†1. trans. To overturn, turn upside down. Obs.
1599T. M[oufet] Silkwormes 59 Yea..whisprings soft of men or falling floud, Doth so their harts and senses ouer⁓wheele That often headlong from the boord they reel.
2. Mil. (intr. and trans.) To wheel too far, or beyond the proper point.
1832Regul. Instr. Cavalry iii. 98 They are to allow their Troops rather to over-wheel on approaching the Line. Ibid. 99 They will thus be somewhat over-wheeled.
So ˈover-wheel n. (Mil.).
1796Instr. & Reg. Cavalry (1813) 14 The leader must take care to time his words, Halt! Dress! the instant before the wheel is completed, otherwise an overwheel or reining back will be the consequence. |